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Michael Botticelli
Former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Michael Botticelli
Former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Biography
Over the past thirty years, Michael Botticelli has held a variety of leadership positions at the local, state and national levels. He was most recently the inaugural director of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center and a Distinguished Policy Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to these positions, he was the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for the Obama Administration and the long serving Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services. He is also a person in long term recovery celebrating over 35 years in recovery.
He has also served in a variety of leadership roles for the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors. He was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He has also co-authored many peer-reviewed articles that have significantly contributed to the field. While mostly enjoying a leisurely life in retirement, Michael is currently consulting to the United States State Department leading efforts to establish a Global Recovery Network. Michael’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and on 60 Minutes. Born in Upstate New York, Mr. Botticelli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Siena College and a Master of Education degree from St. Lawrence University.
Speaker Videos
Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one | Michael Botticelli
Botticelli didn't take the pain pills
Speech Topics
Addiction is a Disease, We Should Treat It Like One
In this talk, Botticelli weaves his personal story with a discussion of why we need to move drug policy to a more humane and compassionate place.
The Multiple Manifestations of Stigma: Our Worst Enemy
Botticelli addresses how the stigma of people with addiction in manifested at various levels (personal, clinical and public policy) and articulate evidenced based strategies to address them.
The Opioid Epidemic - How We Got Here - How We End It.
Botticelli examines some of the causal factors leading to and some of the proven strategies to deal with our current crisis.
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