Nexus’ Emily Parham and Mackeshia Brown [Courtesy image/Nexus]

Nexus Family Recovery Center announced leadership changes that elevate two internal executives and welcome new board members for 2026.

The Dallas-based nonprofit, which has served North Texas for more than five decades, offers addiction treatment and family services for women—including pregnant and parenting women—and their children. Its programs keep mothers and children together during care.

The management moves, described as a “proactive strategic expansion,” add capacity as Nexus rolls out seven-day admissions, expands medication-assisted treatment, and advances an $86 million, multi-year campus rebuild.

Mackeshia Brown, previously assistant controller, was named chief financial officer. Brown brings more than two decades in nonprofit finance, operations, and administration, including experience managing budgets exceeding $90 million. Nexus said she’ll guide long-term financial stability and service quality.

The organization promoted its former director of compliance, Emily Parham, to chief programs officer, tasking her with Nexus’ non-clinical operations, including recovery and support services, case management, medical and health services, residential living, transportation, and detox operations.

“Emily and Mackeshia bring tremendous energy and leadership to our team,” CEO Heather Ormand said in a statement, calling them “invaluable assets to the future of Nexus.”

Nexus also appointed six directors to its 2026 board: Anne Haskel, Mike Keller, Keela Ross, Kristy Faus, Susie Stovall, and Donna German. The organization said their backgrounds in corporate strategy, nonprofit leadership, finance, and advocacy will help shape strategy.

From Tremont Street to “Recovery Rising”

Nexus Family Recovery Center, founded in 1971, grew from a small Tremont Street rehab center into an 11-acre East Dallas campus on La Prada Drive and keeps mothers and children together during treatment.

Nexus has been accredited by The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) since 2006. The Joint Commission is the national nonprofit healthcare accreditor; its behavioral health program accredits addiction-treatment providers through an on-site survey of safety and quality standards.

The nonprofit, which updated its name in 2024 to Nexus Family Recovery Center to reflect broader, family-centered services, reports serving more than 3,300 women and 215 children in its most recent fiscal year.

$86 million campus plan to double capacity 

Nexus is executing Recovery Rising, an $86 million, five-phase campus plan aimed at doubling capacity by 2031.

In May, the nonprofit opened the HKS-designed Doswell Medical Building, a 10,000-square-foot gateway that centralizes admissions, detox, and medication-assisted treatment, expands admissions to seven days a week, and adds 12 detox beds with upgraded clinical spaces.

“The opening of the Doswell Medical Building is a defining moment for Nexus and the families we serve,” Nexus CEO Ormand said at the time, noting the campaign had raised more than $10 million for its Phase 1.

Ormand has also drawn notice for creative fundraising. Most recently, she pledged to go skydiving for the first time if the center reached its $100,000 North Texas Giving Day goal. The “leap of faith” was meant to mirror the courage women take when they begin recovery.

Earlier this year, Nexus also reported a $1.25 million grant from Communities Foundation of Texas for Phase 2 and Dallas County opioid-settlement support for admissions and MAT expansion. The group said it was one of four local organizations to receive a grant of approximately $1 million each for substance use disorder treatment.

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