Renee Muhammad

Renee Muhammad serves as a business development representative for Recovery Works Treatment Center, a substance abuse treatment center, where she builds relationships with community stakeholders, facilitates admissions and discharges, and promotes available services across Northwest Indiana. She also works as a crisis hotline worker for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline through Centerstone on the midnight shift, providing crisis care for individuals in Illinois. Muhammad is a licensed addictions counselor and licensed mental health counselor, as well as a certified crisis intervention counselor and certified bereavement counselor. Her educational background includes an associate's degree in criminal justice from Indiana University Gary, a bachelor's degree in human services from Calumet College, and a master's degree in psychology. She maintains active memberships in the Indiana Association for Licensed Association Counselors, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, the NAACP, and volunteers with Butterfly Dreams, an organization supporting young ladies with mental health. Throughout her career spanning over 25 years, Muhammad has worked in various roles including food stamp issuance, Medicaid casework, home-based casework in mental health and child welfare, social services director in geriatrics, and support for children with disabilities and autism before focusing on substance abuse treatment.