1300 E 9th Street, Owensboro KY 42303

Our Staff

Kentucky Mental Health Care

Leadership

Chris Seaton

Chris Seaton

Owner/ Founder - Executive Director

Chris Seaton is an Owensboro native who has served the local recovery community in multiple roles over the past 20 years. The relationships he’s built throughout his career are his most valuable resources. He is a trusted servant who has been a vocal advocate for reducing the stigma often associated with substance use disorders. He loves educating others through sharing his story as a person in long term recovery. His personal history and his professional experience enable him to provide comprehensive care that produces results.

Seaton started TrueNorth sober living in 2017, here he helped grow and build relationships between the recovery community and our professional partners. Most recently he started The Owensboro Recovery Project, a nonprofit community organization where individuals exchange ideas about multiple pathways for recovery and support each other in the process. Chris is a Registered Yoga Instructor as well as a Peer Support Specialist in Kentucky. He believes in treating the whole individual through evidence-based practices. He is excited to get to work on this project in his hometown! His passion lies in empowering others to recreate their lives!

Roger Chilton

Owner/ Founder

Roger is native of the Owensboro area and has actively been serving in the recovery community for the last 19 years. His introduction to the recovery community was a court order that provided the time to address behavior issues, trauma, and criminal thinking. Roger successfully completed an 18-month program in Owensboro and stayed on as staff where he realized his heart and passion was to help others find the same freedom. In the 12-step program, which allowed him to get sober, he realized the spiritual side was the solution and he wanted to grow that part of his life. Shortly after becoming a Christian he started a faith based meeting that grew exponentially. Roger recognized the Christ centered need, and He founded a ministry called Friends of Sinners in 2009. Friends of Sinners is a long-term residential, Christ-centered ministry assisting men and women with substance abuse issues.  He continued to serve, helping others find recovery and their own faith and was led to provide a place of worship for those who normally wouldn’t come to church. so that they too could be introduced to Jesus Christ. In 2017, Roger and his wife and another couple stepped out in faith and started Matthew’s Table where he now serves as the pastor of preaching and vision. Roger believes the spiritual side of recovery is the long-term goal at hand but meeting people where they are at and providing a holistic approach on the front end will allow the individual to build a foundation for sustainable recovery.

Roger Chilton

RonSonlyn Clark

Chief Compliance Officer

Dr. RonSonlyn S. Clark is the new Compliance Officer at Rooted Recovery, a faith based, licensed program in Owensboro, KY. Prior to this, she was the Clinical Director for the Boulware Mission, a licensed men’s treatment program. While at Boulware, she developed the first gambling treatment program in Kentucky. She was also interim Director of the GOALS Substance Abuse Program at the Daviess County Detention Center.  She was the Sr. Director of Prevention and Substance Use Disorder Services for River Valley Behavioral Health. She retired from community mental health after 22 years.  She holds a Doctorate in Psychology and is a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (LCADC), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Board Approved Clinical Consultant (BACC), a CGT (Certified Gambling Trainer, one of 15 in the world), a CCS (Certified Clinical Supervisor) and a Master Addictions Counselor (MAC). She was the first woman in KY to become a Certified Gambling Counselor.  She has over 36 years of experience in the field of addiction treatment.  Dr. Clark has spoken on a variety of addiction related topics at the local, state, and national levels.  She received the 2012 Robert Strauss Award for lifetime achievement in substance abuse, the 2007 award for Outstanding Services for Kentucky Women and their Families in Substance Abuse, the Beacon Award for Leadership in the field of Substance Abuse, the 2024 Jim Cooke Leadership Award from the KY Council on Problem Gambling, and BP&W Daviess County Woman of Achievement. Her programs at RVBH received the national “Best Practices” award 6 times.  Dr. Clark is a CIT instructor for law enforcement, an instructor for suicide prevention training and past top Mental Health First Aide instructor in KY. She is an adjunct professor at Western Kentucky University. She is Board Vice Chair of the Daviess County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy Board, the Steering Committee of the Daviess Co Drug Alliance Chair, the President of the KY Council on Problem Gambling, and the KY representative to the NCPG and a past board member of the International Gambling Certification Board.

Clinical Staff

Jeff Harris

LPCC-S, LCADC, CCS

Jeff holds licensure as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor – Supervisor, a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and a Certified Clinical Supervisor by the State of Kentucky.  He holds a Master of Arts in Education in Mental Health Counseling from Western Kentucky University and a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern State University.  Jeff has over 21 years of experience in providing educational and clinical services to individuals and families who suffer from a broad range of both substance use disorders and mental health concerns. Jeff has provided clinical supervision and program administration since 2012 and brings a wealth of clinical and real-world experience to the Team at Rooted Recovery. 

Jeff Harris

Brian Williams

Peer Support Specialist

Brian is an Owensboro KY native and currently resides therewith his wife Alicia and their two children Levi and Lily. Brian spent 20 years in active alcoholism and drug addiction and has a living understanding of how the disease progresses and negatively impacts on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level. While in a long-term treatment program Brian began to understand that addiction, the obsession for more and never being content with the present goes well beyond drugs and alcohol. Through consistent prayer, a new found relationship with God and support from the peer-to-peer community he found peace and fulfillment that he had never experienced before. This created a drive for him to work in the field of substance abuse recovery.
 

Brian is a KY Certified Peer Support Specialist and has passion for nonclinical approaches towards individuals with substanceuse disorder. Through his professional, military and recovery experience he has had the opportunity to engage in the lives of people from all backgrounds and cultures throughout society. He enjoys time spent with family and stays involved in twelve-step and faith-based recovery.

Olivia Beam

APRN, FNP-C - Family Nurse Practitioner

Olivia Beam is a Family Nurse Practitioner with experience in primary care, pain management, and addiction medicine. Originally from Bardstown, KY and made the move to Owensboro looking for recovery as she had her own past struggles with chemical dependency. Now, a person in long term recovery she is passionate about giving back and helping other addicts through their journey to recovery. She found recovery through her relationship with Jesus, fellowship, and working the 12 steps. When not working, she enjoys sponsoring others, spending time with her fur babies, and her nephew Jack.

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