Zach Snitzer is the Co-Founder and Director of Business Development at Maryland Addiction Recovery Center. As a person in long-term recovery and an accomplished professional in the areas of marketing, communications, branding, public relations, business development and media, Zach co-founded MARC in 2013 right outside his home town for the purposes of bringing comprehensive extended care and community-based treatment services to the Mid-Atlantic area. He believes in treating addiction as a chronic disease and that long-term comprehensive care, evidence based approaches and collaborative, family engagement throughout treatment, and community-based relationships are the keys to an effective treatment program. Zach also serves on the Board of Directors of the Nikki Perlow Foundation, the national advisory board for the National Conference on Alcohol and Addiction Disorders (NCAD) and the D.C. Maryland Virginia Professional Liasion's Association (DMV-PLA.)