New Directions for Women Announces Key Additions to Board of Directors

COSTA MESA, Calif. - July 23, 2018 - PRLog -- New Directions for Women (NDFW), an exclusively female nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, today announced three new board members: Allison Wilder, Devon Martin and Karen Stockman. The trio will join the governing board with Ann Premazon remaining as board chair. NDFW is one of only a handful of rehabilitation facilities in the United States providing addiction treatment services for women of all ages, including pregnant women and women with children.

"With open arms, we welcome Allison, Devon and Karen to our inspired board," said NDFW Executive Director Sue Bright. "They each are uniquely qualified and have deep passion for our mission to heal others. We look forward to having them on the team as we continue to enhance programs and services to heal addicted women and allow them to regain their lives."

● Allison Wilder, daughter of NDFW Founder Pamela Wilder, brings 22 years of experience in education. Having watched her parents' lives centered on serving others, Wilder looks forward to carrying on her family's legacy by making a difference for women in recovery, and raising her two boys with the same values her parents taught her. Wilder is a graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara, and received her teaching credential from Concordia University in Irvine.

● Devon Martin has been dedicated to philanthropic work in Southern California for many years, benefiting a wide range of charitable organizations including KidWorks and the Orange County School of the Arts. She is part of the Executive Management Team of the Balboa Bay Resort and the Newport Beach Country Club. While living in San Francisco, Martin was a lead designer of children's clothing for Ikeda Design.  Martin earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

● Karen Stockman has worked as a family therapist at Hoag Hospital's chemical dependency program as well as ATSP, an intervention program for at-risk teens that worked with the Newport Mesa School District. She is a founder of Women of Vision Orange County, supporting development projects for women and children internationally. Stockman is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles, and Philips Graduate University in Chatsworth with an MA in Marriage & Family Therapy.

About New Directions for Women
Founded in 1977, New Directions for Women (NDFW) is a private, world-renowned, drug and alcohol rehab program providing social model residential addiction treatment services exclusively for women of all ages, including pregnant women, women with children, women who have relapsed, had prior treatments and/or suffer from a co-occurring disorder. Nestled on a three-acre campus in Costa Mesa, Calif., the facility is proud of its high recovery rate. The state-licensed and certified New Directions for Women has held prestigious Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation for eight consecutive years. In addition, its sober living home is the only CARF-accredited sober living home in Orange County. NDFW accepts most insurance and has partial scholarship opportunities available for those who require financial assistance. For more information, please call 800.939.6636 or visit https://www.newdirectionsforwomen.org/