Mr. Hardin is the first elected President of the Indiana Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (INTOD) and subsequently became the Indiana representative on the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) Board of Directors.

Mr. Hardin is the Colonial Management Group, Regional Director responsible for oversight of nine clinics in four states (MN, IN, WI, MO.). He has been with Colonial Management Group since 1999, where he started as counselor before moving to Program Director in 2001 and Regional Director in 2009.

He is a member of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Indiana Addiction Planning Council. Mr. Hardin is the first medication-assisted treatment provider to be appointed to this council in its 37 year history. As a council member he advises the state regarding practices and policies, including proposed policies which impact on substance abuse prevention, treatment and substance abusing populations.

Mr. Hardin is a magna cum laude graduate of Calumet College of ST. Joseph, with a degree in Psychology/Addictionlogy. He later attended the Valparaiso University School of Law. Prior to attending law school Mr. Hardin successfully completed the first Indiana Conference on Legal Opportunity (ICLEO) at the Indiana University Law School (Bloomington).

Mr. Hardin is originally from Chicago, IL, where he resided until moving to N/W Indiana in 1982.