Leadership
Dr. Kimberly Horn
ORCCA Director
Virginia Tech
kahorn1@vt.edu
Dr. Kimberly Horn, Ed.D, is a scientist and professor with the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance. Focused on helping individuals and communities understand and address addiction, Dr. Horn has maintained a diverse research funding portfolio from federal, state, and private agencies spanning two decades. Dr. Horn is passionate about community engagement and collaboration to solve critical public health issues. Through ORCCA, she is spearheading innovations through public-private partnerships to address the opioid crisis in Central Appalachia. Dr. Horn, along with Dr. Robert Pack, is a founding Director of ORCCA.
Dr. Robert Pack
ORCCA Director
East Tennessee State University
packr@etsu.edu
Robert Pack, PhD, MPH is Executive Vice Provost at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and Professor of Community and Behavioral Health in the ETSU College of Public Health. He is Director of the ETSU Addiction Science Center, Director of the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center, and Co-Director of the Opioid Research Consortium of Central Appalachia (ORCCA). He serves as board chairman for the non-profit opioid treatment program Overmountain Recovery, board member for One Tennessee Health, on the Appalachian Regional Commission Substance Abuse Advisory Council, and has served as a Technical Expert for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.