Anita Bradley’s path from addiction to recovery resulted in a visit to the White House in 2016, where she was recognized as a Champion for Change by the administration of former President Barack Obama.
Bradley started the Northern Ohio Recovery Association in her basement in 2002, writing grant applications until the group was funded in 2004. NORA now operates residential recovery houses for women and provides outpatient and aftercare support and treatment programs.
She has more than 60 employees, two recovery homes, a daycare center for the children of women in treatment, and an administrative home in the former Goodrich-Gannett building.
