Rachel Chernick, PhD, LCSW is Senior Vice President of Family Services and Evaluation Research at the Partnership to End Addiction, where she oversees the organization’s digital family support initiatives, including a national Helpline, peer support services, and AI-supported tools. These programs collectively serve more than 20,000 families annually. Dr. Chernick also leads the evaluation and research functions for these programs, providing strategic, clinical, and evaluative leadership across family-facing services. Her work focuses on integrating evidence-based practice, implementation science, and technology-enabled solutions to strengthen support for families at risk for or affected by substance use. Dr. Chernick is a clinician-researcher with more than two decades of experience in addiction treatment, harm reduction, and family-centered care. Prior to joining the Partnership, she served as Program Director of an Opioid Treatment Program at the Addiction Institute of New York at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she oversaw clinical operations and regulatory compliance for a large outpatient opioid treatment program. She has also held clinical roles in community mental health and private practice settings and has taught graduate-level courses in addiction, policy, and social work practice as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, CUNY. Her research experience includes work with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with publications examining prescription drug monitoring programs, substance use stigma, family and social contexts of substance use, and the use of digital tools to support concerned significant others. Dr. Chernick holds a PhD in Social Welfare from the CUNY Graduate Center, an MSW from Columbia University, and completed advanced training in family therapy at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, as well as post-master’s clinical training in substance use treatment at New York University.