National Advisory Board

Jerome Adams

20th US Surgeon General

  • As the 20th U.S. Surgeon General and a prior member of the President’s Coronavirus task force, Dr. Adams has been at the forefront of America’s most pressing health challenges. A regular communicator via tv, radio, and print, Dr. Adams is an expert not just in the science, but also in communicating the science to the lay public, and making it relevant to various audiences.

Ryan Cain

Executive Director | Fund Recovery

Heath Shuler

Co-Founder of ISG

  • Heath is a Co-Founder of ISG. He has a unique and distinguished career as a 3-term Democrat Member of Congress (NC-11), a Fortune 250 corporate executive, a successful business entrepreneur, and as an NFL quarterback. He served as the SVP, Federal Government Affairs for Duke Energy Corporation, where he led a team engaged in policy development, analysis, advocacy, and strategic planning. While serving in the US House of Representatives, he Co-Chaired the Blue Dog Coalition, and served on the US House Budget, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Committees. 

Sam MacMaster, Ph.D.

  • Samuel A. MacMaster, Ph.D. is an expert in the behavioral health field with over three decades of experience in the design, delivery, and evaluation of substance use and mental health treatment services.He has developed programs across the United States, and in several foreign countries, focused on implementing innovative approaches to meeting the needs of underserved populations. He was the Co-founder of a behavioral health company where he served as the Chief Clinical Officer and built ten residential and twenty outpatient facilities across the southeast; and has held similar executive level positions in two other large national treatment organizations where he was responsible for developing and driving similar rates of growth of quality clinical programming. During his career, Dr. MacMaster has been engaged as a consultant with over a hundred healthcare providers, community-based organizations, local and state governments, and investment groups, lending his expertise to ensure the effective delivery of meaningful treatment solutions to individuals who struggle with addiction and mental illness.

    He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Meharry Medical College and was previously a member of the faculty of the Department of Family and Community Medicine atBaylor Medical College and the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. A pioneer in the area of outcome studies and the identification of barriers to engagement in treatment services, he has conducted numerous federally funded research studies and demonstration projects regarding the efficacy of behavioral health approaches. He has been a frequent speaker at academic and industry conferences across the globe and has published three books and over 75 peer-reviewed articles focused on behavioral health topics. He holds a PhD in Social Welfare and a Master of Science in Social Administration fromCase Western Reserve University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Miami of Ohio.Prior to entering academia in 1999, Dr. MacMaster worked as a clinician for over a decade in a variety of treatment settings. A person living in long-term recovery, he remains a tireless advocate for recovery for all individuals who struggle with addiction

Dr. Stephen Lloyd