Martine Helou-Allen
Founder and Executive Director RIZE Prevention Inc.
Martine Helou-Allen is the founder and executive director of RIZE Prevention, a nonprofit in South Carolina that focuses on early prevention and intervention related to substance abuse and addiction. A Political Science and Health and Exercise Science graduate of Furman University, Martine’s passion for saving teens from the destructive and increasingly fatal consequences of drug use has enabled her to create innovative, evidence-based prevention programming that is delivered to middle schools, community organizations, and houses of worship. Prior to founding RIZE Prevention, Martine was the Community Relations Director at the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, an experience that sparked her vision to create and deliver her first drug prevention program “Anything but Free” to teens throughout the state. Martine is an internationally certified adolescent addiction and motivation coach and is a member of the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board.