Erin McClelland

Quick Facts:

• Native of Western Pennsylvania
• Earned Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1997
• Earned Master’s Degree in Industrial/Organization Psychology from Chatham University, in 2002
• Worked as a substance abuse and mental health counselor, program manager, and director in treatment systems in Western PA
• Worked for the Institute for REsearch, Education and Training in Addictiopn (IRETA), as Process Improvement Manager, beginning in 2003
• Served as an opiate addiction consultant on the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) 25 Cities Initiative
• Created, licensed and operated the first and only orthomolecular recovery program for addiction in Pennsylvania, in 2006
• Ran for US Congress in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District in 2014 and 2016, losing both elections to Republican Keith Rothfus.
• Works for Allegheny County Department of Human Services, having started there in 2015