VICTORY ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Business Office Manager
- Human Resources Director
Adrienne has 14 years of experience in business management and medical billing. Prior to Victory, she worked at two other psychiatric and addiction treatment centers in Acadiana. She graduated with an AS from Remington College and attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Adrienne was born and raised right here in Acadiana and is married with one child.
Job Titles:
- Member of the the Louisiana Council
Kerri is licensed as a clinical social worker and addiction counselor and serves as the Program Director for Victory Addiction Recovery Center. She received her master's degree in social work from Louisiana State University. She has almost 15 years of experience in substance abuse treatment, starting off as a primary counselor and then moving her way up to program director for Acadiana Addiction Center and Belle of the Oaks.
In 2009, Kerri started her own private practice and, three years later, was a consultant who assisted in building the Victory program. Kerri was hired as program director at Victory Addiction Recovery Center in October 2014. She specializes in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, interventions, and trauma counseling.
In 2014, Kerri was selected by Governor Bobby Jindal as a commission member for the Louisiana Council on Addictive Disorders. In 2017, she was appointed by John Bel Edwards to the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority.
Julie was raised in Lafayette, LA, and graduated from the University of Southwest Louisiana, now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette, in 1996. In 2005, she began her journey into chemical dependency and addiction medicine at University Medical Center in Lafayette as a floor nurse on detox. This is were she discovered her true passion. She was there until its closure in 2012. Since that time she has been in management as the DON of Acadiana Treatment Center followed by Compass Recovery Center. Julie also has an extensive history in the staff and client education realm as well, serving as Manager of Clinical Education at University Hospitals and Clinics for many years where her department served over 1,100 staff, residents, and doctors. Her passion is, and always will be, the field of chemical dependency and addiction.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- CEO of Victory Addiction Treatment Center
Melanie Courville, CEO of Victory Addiction Treatment Center, has an extensive history not only in behavioral healthcare but in the community of Lafayette. Melanie was born and raised in New Iberia, Louisiana, and she is a registered nurse by trade, having graduated in 1986 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a B.S. in Nursing. Fifteen years sober, Melanie is dedicated to providing quality addiction treatment to the community she calls home.
Her work experience includes 18 years of both staff and management positions with Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, LA, and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston, TX. Most recently, Melanie held the position of CEO for Acadiana Addiction Center in Lafayette, LA, where she began as a nurse shortly after its opening in 2004.
Melanie's clinical experience, combined with her substance abuse background, enhances her ability to ensure Victory Addiction Recovery Center's mission to provide the best substance abuse services possible, while helping move our community forward.
Melanie is a CEO who successfully leads the members of the Victory team with compassion, experience, and training. She continually emphasizes the need to provide the best in client care.