The Morton Center is named after United States Senator Thruston B. Morton. His sister, Jane Morton Norton, and counselor John P. Walsh founded The Morton Center in 1984 in Senator Morton’s memory. He died in 1982, after representing Kentucky in the U.S. House and Senate as well as serving as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Mrs. Norton wanted to create something unique in Kentucky. Over 38 years later, her legacy, The Morton Center, recognizes that chemical dependency and other destructive, addictive behaviors tear families apart.
A Warm and Welcome Place For Treatment
More Than Treatment
We believe that addiction can’t be separated from the person. So, we treat the whole person, not just their addiction.
Our professional staff considers the individual’s social, mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being.
The Morton Center supports a 12-step model of recovery and uses evidence-based practices to treat individuals, couples and families.
Board Officers
Jim Murphy – President
Attorney
Katrina Green – President
Controller
HJI Supply Chain Solutions
Delene Taylor – Executive Director
Downtown Rotary Club of Louisville
Chief Executive Officer
Priscilla McIntosh
CEO
The Morton Center
Directors
John English, Sr.
Retired
Jack Moss, Jr.
Financial Advisor
First Kentucky Securities
Lucy Herrmann
Controller – Wood Planning/Procurement & Processing
Brown-Forman Corporation
Rebecca Phillips, MA, LMFT
DVP, Clinical Operations
Kindred Behavioral Health, Lifepoint Health
Walter E. Badenhausen, Jr., M.D.
Ellis & Badenhausen, Orthopedics, PSC
Kem Delaney-Ellis
Healthcare & Government Relations
Stephen C. Gault
Owner
Stephen C. Gault Co.
Hope McLaughlin, J.D.
Senior Director of Government Relations
Kentucky Elevance Health
Andy Blieden
Real Estate Investor
Liz Stearman
Behavioral Health Director
Kentucky Medicaid
Humana
John J. Wernert, MD, MHA
Executive Medical Director
Norton Medical Group Behavioral Health Services
Director Emeritus
Clay Morton
Emeritus
Mark Robinson
Jimmy Dan Conner
Mary Ellen Stottmann
Kenneth Reutlinger, Jr.