Zac Clark is a mental health, wellness, and addiction recovery advocate, motivational speaker, philanthropist, and business executive who founded and serves as CEO of Release Recovery: a full-service substance use disorder and mental health organization - with multiple facilities throughout New York - that offers transitional living, individual, group, and family therapy, and other essential recovery support services.
Zac is also the founding board member of the Release Foundation, which provides scholarships for addiction and mental health treatment to those who need it but otherwise couldn't afford it. The foundation has also built Team Release: a community of allies - sober or not - standing ready to support and lift up anybody in or seeking recovery.
Zac also serves on the board of trustees of Caron Treatment Centers, an internationally renowned organization dedicated to addiction and behavioral healthcare and treatment - and where Zac began his own recovery journey 12 years ago.
In 2020, Zac came to widespread acclaim by openly addressing his addiction and recovery on ABC's "The Bachelorette." He uses his large platform to spread hope and raise awareness - especially among young people - about the crucial mental health and addiction issues that plague our country today.
Zac has partnered with global brands, including Reebok, Rhone, Poland Spring, and Under Armour. He grew up in Haddonfield, NJ, is a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan and sneakerhead, played college baseball, and has seen his favorite band Pearl Jam play more than 30 times. He’s finished 13 marathons, as well as completed the coveted Goggins Challenge - raising nearly two million dollars in the process on behalf of Release Recovery Foundation and Caron Foundation.
