
Billy Hayes, Chair
CEO, Northside Hospital Cherokee

Oscar Guzman
Executive Director, Cedartown performing arts center


Christina Howell
Behavioral health specialist, premise health
As a not-for-profit foundation, we rely on generous philanthropic and charitable support from individuals, families, corporations and foundations.
The Highland Rivers Foundation is a non-profit philanthropic organization created to benefit Highland Rivers Health, one of Georgia’s largest providers of comprehensive treatment and recovery services for adults, children, families and veterans affected by mental health disorders, addictive disease and intellectual developmental disabilities.
As one of the state’s largest public safety net providers, Highland Rivers operates more than two dozen treatment facilities across a 12-county, 4,400-square mile area of Northwest Georgia, and serves nearly 18,000 individuals annually. Our programs allow individuals to rebuild their lives, reunite their families, and restore their hope to become contributing members of the community.
Established in 2018, Community Recovery Partnership, Inc., d.b.a. Highland Rivers Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that is independent of Highland Rivers Health. Donations to the Highland Rivers Foundation are tax deductible. (Federal tax ID: 81-4628046)
Kathleen C. Varda, MSW
Foundation Director
Highland Rivers Foundation
Phone: (678) 558-4847
Email: kathleenvarda@highlandrivers.org
Our mission is to support Highland Rivers Health in building and sustaining one community of recovery advancing mind, body, and health.
CEO, Northside Hospital Cherokee
Executive Director, Cedartown performing arts center
Behavioral health specialist, premise health
Legal counsel, truist bank
finance manager, freedom tax & financial services; executive director, smile up charitable foundation
Executive Director (retired), rome-floyd county commission on children and youth
Please join the Highland Rivers Foundation in supporting individuals who have mental health, substance use, or intellectual and developmental disabilities-creating a community that is built on health, hope and compassion.
The Highland Rivers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that raises funds that support the programs of Highland Rivers Health, directly serving individuals and families who live in your community.