Reggie James is a social entrepreneur who founded the Harlem USA Map products initiative. He is a former not-for- profit healthcare marketing executive, as well as the founder of ReVision Inc., a private wellness coaching and facilitator company. At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic he founded ReVision House LLC (ReVH), to operate peer focused sober living residences that celebrate experiential value. Presently, they contract with Hudson County, New Jersey, Reintegration to house their returning citizens. As a Friends of Recovery (FOR-NY.org) best practice trainer, (BPT) under the umbrella of the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), he has dedicated his life work to uplifting those suffering from substance use disorder (SUD).

Reggie devotes himself to breaking the social stigma associated with mental wellness and formerly incarcerated citizens, as well as the peer support professional workforce. His credentials include being a Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR), Recovery Coach Professional Facilitator (RCP-F) and The New York Certification Board, Trainers Registry. He regularly participates with the NYC Department of Health, and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Peer Coach Recovery Network (PCRN).

He is an original member and past Board Chairman of Brothers in Recovery Inc., (BIR), a self-sustaining 501(c) (3) mutual aid organization. BIR began in 1988 and continues as an annual spiritual retreat and holds weekly meetings. Reggie is also founder/former co-producer/host of their weekly public affairs/social justice radio show ‘Another Perspective,’ which airs from the campus of the City College of New York (CCNY) on WHCR 90.3 FM.

Reggie loves spending time with his family and inner circle on their spiritual evolvement. He enjoys holistic health, aquatics, mind & body fitness, theatre, music venues, playing bridge and travelling,especially throughout the African diaspora. He thrives on real estate ventures that transform communities. Reggie is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). He is grateful for his support system of mentors, friends, colleagues, associates, and ancestors that guide him throughout his journey.