Laurie Dhue

Laurie Dhue is the Chief Brand Officer at Recovery Education and Applied Learning (REAL), an online educational platform for parents and allies of teens and young adults struggling with addiction.

One of the nation’s leading recovery advocates, Dhue is in long-term recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction. She has worked closely with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR), and the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (NCADD). Dhue has spoken on behalf of many national recovery organizations including the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the Caron Foundation. She travels across the U.S. giving speeches, emceeing events, and moderating panel discussions on recovery, as well as providing commentary in national and international media.

Dhue has spoken at the White House in 2014 and 2017 on behalf of ONDCP. She was also a featured speaker at the inaugural UNITE to Face Addiction national rally in Washington, DC in 2015. Dhue appeared in the award-winning 2013 documentary "The Anonymous People" and the Emmy-nominated 2017 documentary "Reversing the Stigma."

Previously, Dhue had a distinguished career as an award-winning national news anchor who hosted shows on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel, and was the lead news anchor for The Blaze TV. Her journalism career spanned over 25 years and included interviews with numerous world leaders, politicians, entertainers, and prominent newsmakers, as well as extensive reporting from the Middle East during the War on Terror.

Dhue is a board member of MARR Addiction Treatment Centers in Atlanta and is RADT-certified. She is also a member of The Screen Actors Guild and serves as a Strategic Advisor to She Recovers, a national women’s recovery advocacy group.

Dhue is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a letter-winning member of the women’s varsity swim team and an academic All-American. She also served on the UNC Alumni Board.