who we are

The Alano Club of Portland has been a leading source of recovery support in our community for over 60 years.

In addition to over 100 weekly mutual aid support meetings, the Alano Club offers other recovery resources, like weekly recovery yoga and mindful meditation classes, monthly seminars on topics like brain chemistry and addiction and relationships and recovery, and regular workshops on topics ranging from recovery advocacy to mindful-based relapse prevention. The Alano Club also hosts large-scale sober social events, like our Recovery Art Walk, Recovery Talent Show and holiday community dinners.

Our mission

To provide a welcoming, compassionate and accessible recovery support environment for individuals and families recovering from alcoholism, drug addiction and other addictive disorders.

what we do

By owning and operating a beautiful, historic community center that hosts the largest and most diverse offering of mutual-aid support meetings and recovery services in Oregon, the Alano Club of Portland is able to bring healing, hope and solutions to more than 10,000 visitors each month. There’s no other recovery support center of its kind in the area, where recovering individuals can go—free of charge—to receive the level of life-long support they need in their journey to addiction recovery. Ours is a safe, loving and inviting home for more than 100 weekly recovery support meetings, recovery seminars and workshops, yoga and meditation classes, sobriety-based social events, information and referral services for treatment resources, and holiday celebrations for the recovery community.

Who We Help

We serve thousands of recovering men, women and families across 20 distinct mutual aid programs, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon family groups, Gamblers Anonymous, Food Addicts Anonymous, Wellbriety, Refuge Recovery and nearly everything in between!

Alano Club of Portland is pleased to share our 2024 Annual Report with you. We hope that you find it a fitting tribute to the recovery community we serve and a compelling reflection of the year's achievement, growth, and impact.  Thank you for being a part of our mission. 

Discover Our 2024 Annual Report

Our LEADERSHIP Team

  • Kasey Anderson

    Executive Director

  • Caitlin Anderson

    Director of Outreach and Community Engagement

  • Dion Denny

    Program Director: The Recovery Gym

  • Jack Pfeiffer

    Program Director: PeerConnect

  • Chelsea Querner

    Director of Development

  • Ryan Schmidt

    Director of Operations

  • Ellen Wirshup

    Program Director: Project RED

Board of Directors

  • Jonathan Wadman

    Board Chair
    Retired

  • Ann Highet

    Board Vice Chair
    Board of Trustees
    Hazelden Betty Ford

  • Allie Foote

    Board Treasurer
    Vice President, Finance
    Portland Trail Blazers / Rose Quarter

  • Kaveh Akbar

    Author, Poet
    Professor
    University of Iowa

  • Jeff Capen

    Owner / Principal Broker
    Dennison Capen Group

  • Yassine Diboun

    Owner / Lead Coach
    Wy’East Wolfpack

  • William Dörrie

    Program Coodinator
    Transition Projects

  • Luke Goebel

    Author, Screenwriter

  • Gregory Gourdet

    Owner / Executive Chef
    Kaan
    Culinary Director
    Printemps NY

  • Melissa Febos

    Author
    Director, Nonfiction Writing Program
    University of Iowa

  • Dr. Mike Stone

    Founder / Physician
    Pillars Medicine