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Lee D Weiss Started His Career as a Financial Advisor and Eventually Stepped Into the Field Of Substance Abuse

One of the members of the Harlem Chamber of Commerce Health Care Committee, Lee Weiss is a Boston based professional who also sits on the Northern Manhattan Substance Abuse Task Force. He is a well-educated individual who in addition to acquiring a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, has also participated in a few Executive Education programs by the Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan. Coming from a quite diverse professional background, Lee Weiss from Boston is a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor. Though he started his career as a financial advisor for the General Electric Financial Program in the year 1991 and initially worked for companies like Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments and the NYU Stern School of Business as an adjunct professor, Lee eventually stepped into the field of substance abuse. Presently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Elev8 Center Addiction and Wellness and the Director of a 501C3 nonprofit called the Elev8 Foundation. Over a period of fifteen years, Lee worked in a variety of roles in the field of substance abuse including a volunteer, business consultant, an operator and owner of inpatient and outpatient treatment and wellness centers. Elev8 Centers, under his supervision, is currently focusing on its facilities in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. The programs being offered here include intervention and detoxification, individual and recovery coaching, 12 steps programs, adventure experiences, wilderness therapy, yoga, residential recovery, pastoral counseling, life skills coaching, one on one & group coaching, and many others. Lee D Weiss continues to contribute actively to charities and social causes. Earlier, he has served several philanthropic boards including the Maimonides School, the University of Maryland Hillel, the University Of Maryland School Of Business, the American Heart Association, and the Foundation for Jewish Camp.