Who We Are

Donna Potts is an experienced communications executive with a broad background in public affairs disciplines, grassroots political organizing, community outreach, arts advocacy and support for returning citizens and the recovering community.

A native Washingtonian, Ms. Potts has held leadership positions throughout her career in the District government and the nonprofit sector including the Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, the American Red Cross, For Love of Children, the Washington Convention Center Authority, and the Democratic National Committee. At the Shakespeare Theatre she helped develop the inaugural community arts presentation, Shakespeare, Free for All, which achieved critical acclaim as a community presentation for traditional Shakespeare for non-traditional audiences performed at the legendary Carter Barron Amphitheater. She is a former member of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and was the first president of the Friends of Carter Barron and today, continues to support the efforts to reopen the famous amphitheater.

Currently, she is president of the board of the DC Recovery Community Alliance (DCRCA) which supports sustained recovery for DC citizens who suffer with alcohol and substance use disorder and has secured funding to open the first peer operated Recovery Support Center in the District of Columbia for returning citizens. This is known as the Peer Operated Center for Excellence (POCE) and has significance as an opportunity for recovering individuals to have training as recovery coaches, to engage with others who seek recovery, to server the provider community as well as the community at-large to educate and advocate for sustained recovery in the District of Columbia.

DeWayne Barnes is the Vice President of the DCRCA Board of Directors.

Anna Mable-Jones CPRS, NCPRSS is an Oxford House Resource Coordinator in DC and Maryland, a nonprofit network of 2,684 (internationally) self-help recovery
homes. She assisted in opening 43 DC/MD Oxford Houses. She is a woman in long term recovery who has been in recovery since 1999 and has worked with Oxford House, Inc. since 2000, recipient of the 2005 Oxford House Founders Award. Anna is a true ambassador for women in recovery. She radiates the power of recovery and transformation every day. Anna is a trainer in Wellness Recovery Action Plan Facilitator and CCAR Recovery Coaching Trainer. Anna is in here 4th year training to become a Core Energetics Practitioner. She has had many opportunities to work with community organizations and leaders to promote the societal benefits of
prevention, treatment and recovery for substance abuse and mental illness. One of Anna’s passions in life is to be a continuous educator of hope and persistence and shares her experiences freely. Along with devoting her spirited knowledge to Oxford House, she has also created a successful 12-Step bible study called Life Recovery at her local church. Anna is also a Reiki Master Teacher and a founding member of District of Columbia Recovery Community Alliance (DCRCA).

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