LEGACY BUILDING
IN SOCIAL WORK:

Adam Howarth is a licensed clinical social worker living in Madison, Wisconsin specializing in the mental health treatment of the Veteran population. Adam has held a range of positions in social services over the past decade in both the private and public sector servicing his fellow servicemembers, veterans, and their families. Adam’s most recent work includes implementing a community suicide prevention program for the Madison VA Hospital to include focused work in the Governors Challenge to End Veteran Suicide, as well as strengthening and building new coalitions for several counties across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Previous to that experience, Adam worked in the VA Homeless Program providing clinical case management and also as a therapist in the Addiction Disorders Treatment Program. Prior to his employment with VA as a social worker, Adam served in several roles in the behavioral health field to include working at Rosecrance in Rockford, IL and at Passages Addiction Cure Center in Malibu, CA. Adam also served from 2002-2006 as an Army medic with a 12-month tour to Iraq in 2005. Adam’s volunteer work includes serving as President of Stand Down Madison from 2016-2017 and as the Founding Chapter Coordinator for Heroes on the Water – Southcentral WI from 2015-2018. Adam currently hosts the Fight or Die Podcast highlighting the stories of combat veterans’ sacrifice which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.