David Marlon CEO of Vegas Stronger

Dave is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vegas Stronger (a non-profit) and was formerly CEO and founder of Solutions Recovery, the largest private alcohol and other drug rehabilitation company in the state.  Before founding Solutions Recovery, he held CEO and COO positions at Sierra Health, leading HMO and Insurance operations.  Dave earned his doctoral degree in Psychology, is a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor – Supervisor (LCADC-S), a Clinical Professional Counselor Intern (CPC-I), and a Department of Transportation (DOT) Substance Abuse Professional (SAP). Dave is also an interventionist on the A&E show Intervention.

 Vegas Stronger is a non-profit behavioral health clinic that provides outreach and integrated behavioral health to our most underserved. Vegas Stronger has a team of over 100 staff and has helped over 2500 unhoused individuals address mental health and substance use disorder problems.

 Dave Marlon founded and built one of the most successful addiction recovery centers in the country in the heart of Southern Nevada. The thirty-year Las Vegas resident, after successfully addressing his own struggles with substance abuse, realized that he was uniquely suited to help others confronting addiction.  Dave has been clean and sober since 5/15/05.

His peers have consistently recognized Dave as a leader in his field. He is the Regional Vice President of NAADAC and served as President of the Southern Nevada Association of Addiction Professionals (SNAAP) and earned the 2018 National Advocacy Award from NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals. Locally, he has been recognized as a graduate of the Leadership Las Vegas program, with the Mayor’s Commendation, and received the Community Counseling Center of Southern Nevada’s Vanguard Award. He has served on the Governor’s Substance Abuse Working Group. Dave’s work in the recovery sector earned him the Inspired Excellence Award from Las Vegas HEALS. 

He founded The CARE Coalition, The Solutions Foundation, and Vegas Stronger, each of which combat substance abuse in Southern Nevada and help raise awareness about addictive behavior and its consequences. Dave has served on many nonprofit boards, including HELP of Southern Nevada, the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, the Nevada Donor Network Foundation, Serving Our Kids Foundation, and the UNLV Soccer Foundation.  He has helped establish the first public recovery high school in the nation and is helping champion the fight against the opiate epidemic through the non-profit, Vegas Stronger.

Altogether, Dave has more than thirty years of health care experience in both recovery and insurance. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the State University of New York and holds a Master’s in Business Administration and a Master’s in Counseling from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dave has earned a Doctorate in psychology at Walden University, achieving a PsyD.