Philip Rutherford
Philip Rutherford is the Strategy Lead for substance use at The National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Rutherford has managed strategy and operations for several recovery-focused organizations. He is a member of committees at the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and other federal agencies. He serves as board chair for Serve Minnesota and the Police Treatment and Community Collaborative. He also holds board seats at the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers and the Recovery Policy Collaborative. In 2020 Rutherford launched Black Faces Black Voices, a community-focused collaborative centering the needs of Black communities. This group now represents roughly 100 organizations around the country. Prior to the nonprofit world, he spent most of his career at Microsoft, Micron Electronics, and the Taylor Corporation. Rutherford is an active member of the recovery community and has considerable experience in the areas of reentry and equity.