We’re proud to share that Ryan Hampton, co-founder of Mobilize Recovery, has been named to TIME100 Health — recognizing the 100 most influential people shaping the future of global health in 2026.

While the recognition is individual, the work behind it has never been about one person.

For Ryan, this moment is about elevating the collective impact of the Mobilize Recovery team, the grassroots leaders across the country, and the millions of people directly affected by substance use disorder who are demanding something better — better care, better policy, and real accountability.

Building a Constituency of Consequence

Mobilize Recovery was founded on a simple but powerful idea: change happens when the people most impacted by an issue are organized, visible, and impossible to ignore.

Over the past decade, Ryan and the Mobilize Recovery team have worked to build what he often calls a constituency of consequence — a nationwide network of people in recovery, family members, clinicians, advocates, and allies who are showing up, telling their stories, and pushing decision-makers to act.

This approach has helped transform recovery from a stigmatized, sidelined issue into a growing civic and political force. From local organizing to national campaigns, Mobilize Recovery has focused on turning lived experience into lasting power.

Accountability at the Highest Levels

Ryan’s inclusion in TIME100 Health also reflects years of work confronting powerful institutions that helped fuel the overdose crisis.

As an advocate and organizer, Ryan played a central role in holding Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family accountable, helping to expose how corporate misconduct and deceptive practices caused widespread harm to individuals, families, and communities.

That work focused on truth, responsibility, and ensuring that the voices of people most impacted by the opioid epidemic were centered in courtrooms, media coverage, and public policy conversations. It also helped establish an important precedent: that communities directly harmed by corporate actions can organize, speak with authority, and influence outcomes at the highest levels.

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This Moment Belongs to the Movement

Being named to TIME100 Health is an honor — but more importantly, it’s a reflection of a growing movement that refuses to be sidelined.

It belongs to the organizers who convene communities, build coalitions, and turn lived experience into lasting power.

It belongs to the advocates who share their stories when it’s hard.

It belongs to the recovery community that continues to show up for one another.

And it belongs to the Mobilize Recovery team and partners who believe that recovery is not just personal — it’s political, cultural, and collective.

Ryan’s recognition is a reminder that when we build power together, we can change systems — and save lives.