Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC

Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker and consultant in behavioral health whose presentations have reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, the West Indies, and Guam. He has been the recipient of four-lifetime achievement awards, including the prestigious NAADAC Enlightenment Award. He was one of three finalists for the National Association for Addiction Professionals 50th Anniversary Legends Award. Mark has also received the Illinois Certification.
Board & Professional of the Year Award, The Illinois Certification Board, Jessica Hayes Lifetime Achievement Award, and The Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the social work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago alumni.

Mark is the author of five books on behavioral health recovery. Recent writings include: Slipping Through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies For Clients With Multiple Addictions Disorders and Relationship Detox: A Counselor Guide To Helping Clients
Develop Healthy Relationships In Recovery. He was the lead writer on a trauma-informed gun violence prevention curriculum that is being implemented in several large cities in the United States. His groundbreaking monograph Recovery Management co-
authored with historians William White and Earnest Kurtz, helped shift addiction treatment and recovery from the acute care model solely toward a Recovery Oriented System of Care. Mark has had two stories published in the New York Times bestselling
book series Chicken Soup for The Soul.

Mark has also had a 30 year career as a university educator, having taught at The University of Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago and Illinois State University School & of Social Work. He is co-founder of Serenity Academy Chicago, a program which
sponsors recovery-oriented peer groups in local high schools.