About InterAct
Our Mission
InterAct Lifeline provides families with a virtual solution to receive on-going support, information and resources to navigate and overcome substance misuse and addiction challenges. We empower treatment programs, opioid initiatives to leverage our technology to create their own solutions for virtual care, family support or community education.
What We Do
Empower Families
The PathRoot service empowers families with tailored resources to navigate and overcome substance misuse and addiction challenges.
Support Individuals
We use data from everyday wearables combined with interactions on our technology to learn about you, make recommendations, and offer self-directed care.
Virtual Care for Treatment Programs
Treatment programs can leverage InterAct's technology with options to keep clients and families connected for additional services.
Address the Opioid Crisis
Federal, state and local organizations fighting the opioid crisis use InterAct's technology to educate and support members of their community.
Automate Student Services
InterAct provides student services and collegiate recovery with a complete program to automate their processes, direct student activities, and educate their audiences.
A Personal Mission
CEO Carolyn Bradfield faced a devastating loss when her daughter overdosed and died in 2017. As a result, she transformed her technology company to create services directed to help families navigate the crisis caused when a loved one struggles with substance misuse and addiction.
Roots in Treatment and Technology
The InterAct team brings together extensive experience in treatment and cutting-edge technology. With over a decade of leadership in software and collaboration enterprises, our founders also pioneered Phoenix Outdoor—a renowned experiential treatment program for at-risk adolescents, focusing on substance misuse and coexisting behavioral or mental health challenges. Phoenix' highly effective virtual family support program has been widely embraced across the treatment industry.
Officers & Advisors
We have a passion to help others prevent or manage the chronic disease of addiction.
Collectively, we have delivered financial success to our investors by founding, building and exiting successful companies.
Carolyn Bradfield is the cofounder of Convey Services, the technology portal company that powers InterAct Lifeline. She has founded, built, and sold 3 web and audio conferencing companies and Phoenix Outdoor, a licensed adolescent therapy company located in Asheville, NC. Through her personal experience and struggles with her daughter Laura, who died in 2017 from an overdose, Carolyn brings a unique insight and passion to InterAct to provide services and education for parents to prevent substance abuse and addiction and more efficient ways for colleges and treatment programs to extend services to those need it.
Bruce Ahern is the Chairman of Convey Holdings, the parent company of InterAct LifeLine. Prior to Convey, Ahern was a principal of Entra Health, an innovative diabetes management telehealth company focused on clinical trials. Ahern is an experienced technology and business executive with 3 successful startups and exits. Ahern focuses on strategic partnerships and M&A. His experience includes the management of investor relations and corporate information programs designed to strengthen a company's value and market reach.
Rick Strobridge was the CEO of RX.health (now Commure Engage!) an automated digital health company. He is an entrepreneur and business executive with 25 years of healthcare experience. He has been the founder, co-founder or initial management team member of five digital health startups and successful exits, with the most recent being Entra Health, sold to CRF Health (now Signant Health). He has specific expertise in healthcare technology implementation, start-ups, cross-functional team building, strategy, quality & regulatory systems, medical devices, mobile health and clinical research technology in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Dr. Sandra Newes (aka "Sandy") is a Licensed Psychologist operating a private practice in the Asheville, North Carolina area. Dr. Newes specializes in treating trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, self-regulation issues, and adult ADHD and works with older adolescents, young adults, and adult clients. In addition to her therapeutic practice, Dr. Newes is nationally recognized for her work in psychological testing, neurofeedback, outdoor behavioral healthcare, young adult and adolescent treatment program development, program research, and neurofeedback.
Curt Allen has spent the last 20 years, working in sales and sales leadership exclusively in the Telecommunications and IT Services space. In his role as Chief Channel Officer of Vonage, President, Strategic Channels at Windstream Enterprise, President of Channel at Sandler Partners and President of X4 Solutions he has worked with business leaders and company owners large and small to deliver connectivity and cloud solutions across the United States. Curt is on the board at Kennesaw State University's collegiate recovery program.
Teresa Johnston is the former Executive Director of the Kennesaw State University Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery and a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in addiction and recovery. She is a founding board member and first President of the Association of Recovery in Higher Education and teaches at the graduate level. Ms. Johnston has extensive experience in corporate organizational development, strategic management with experience consulting for fortune 100 companies.
Christina Wafford delivers over 18 years of business, finance and accounting experience to Convey. She has a track record of directing the financial operations of an organization resulting in M&A events and successful capital raises. Wafford has held senior management positions at high profile and start-up companies, including Neodata/EDS, netLibrary, Concepts Direct, Raindance Communications, and Accruit. Wafford's experience includes international and domestic, public and private company acquisitions and merger and integration planning. She has built and developed all aspects of finance and accounting functions including systems, policies and procedures, budgeting, business plan development, and facilities management.
Although Laura Bradfield lost her 15-year battle with the disease of addiction on December 21, 2017, insights learned from her life, her struggles to achieve recovery and maintain wellness, and her achievements and setbacks have inspired InterAct Lifeline to use her story as our inspiration and motivation to help those that struggle. Learn more by Rethink the Family, an InterAct portal focused on prevention.
