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Everett Maroon, MPH

Executive Director
Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
Walla Walla, Washington

Everett Maroon, MPH, is Executive Director of Blue Mountain Heart to Heart (BMHTH), a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Walla Walla, Washington, focusing on HIV care and prevention, and care and recovery for people with substance use disorder. He is engaged in regional and statewide efforts to increase pathways for recovery in rural areas and for stigmatized patient populations. Everett co-authored the Greater Columbia Accountable Community of Health's opioid demonstration project, called the Opioid Resource Network, and continues to be engaged in Medicaid transformation efforts in his region. He manages a regional site for naloxone distribution on a multi-year SAMHSA contract, is a co-manager of the first LEAD diversion program in Washington State east of the Cascades, and manages the medical and opioid medication program at the Walla Walla County Jail. He oversees the agency's health engagement hub, a low-barrier, cross-functional approach to primary care. BMHTH operates three fixed-site syringe service programs and one mobile site, and two clinics offering low-barrier buprenorphine prescribing, across five locations in Southeast Washington State. Everett is the 2021 NASW-WA Public Citizen of the Year. He also serves as Co-Chair for Washington State’s LGBTQ Commission.

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