John Burns - MBA, CRSW
John Burns, CRSW, MBA is a person in long term recovery and the Director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has his MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. John was on the initial governance council for SOS to help shape the vision before SOS opened their first recovery community centers. He founded Families Hoping and Coping, a peer based family support group, in Dover in 2014 and they now have 2 chapters . He is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). and has developed Motivational Interviewing curriculums that have been being trained since 2019. He also was involved in the development of The Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery, Ethical Considerations for Peer-Assisted Recovery, AIDS, HIV and Hepatitis Prevention for Peer-Assisted Recovery, Suicide Prevention for Peer-Assisted Recovery and more. He has been training in the peer-assisted recovery field since 2017. John has traveled to both Portugal and Montreal to attend International Harm Reduction Conferences and is an advocate for criminal justice reform, harm reduction strategies and promoting inclusivity, diversity and removing barriers for marginalized individuals. John is a 2019 graduate of Leadership Seacoast Class of 2019. He has been appointed by Governor Sununu to serve on the NH Overdose Death Fatality Review Commission. He has been active member of the Strafford County Addiction Taskforce for several years and the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Council.
John is a person in long term recovery John has his MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. John was on the initial governance council for SOS to help shape the vision before SOS opened their first recovery community centers. He founded Families Hoping and Coping, a peer based family support group, in Dover in 2014 and they now have 2 chapters . He is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). and has developed Motivational Interviewing curriculums that have been being trained since 2019. He also was involved in the development of The Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery, Ethical Considerations for Peer-Assisted Recovery, AIDS, HIV and Hepatitis Prevention for Peer-Assisted Recovery, Suicide Prevention for Peer-Assisted Recovery and more. He has been training in the peer-assisted recovery field since 2017. John has traveled to both Portugal and Montreal to attend International Harm Reduction Conferences and is an advocate for criminal justice reform, harm reduction strategies and promoting inclusivity, diversity and removing barriers for marginalized individuals. John is a 2019 graduate of Leadership Seacoast Class of 2019. He has been appointed by Governor Sununu to serve on the NH Overdose Death Fatality Review Commission. He has been active member of the Strafford County Addiction Taskforce for several years and the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Council.
Eileen Doyle, MST, CRSW
Eileen Doyle, MST, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen trains all SOS curriculums and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change and Jeffery Decker with Telos Motivational Interviewing for Law Enforcement. She also attends the HETI Learning Community.
She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for trainings offered by SOS, assists in training SOS employees, and as a CRSW, supports peers.
Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led Journaling Workshops for recovery support workers, cancer survivors and others seeking healing, change and growth. Before joining the field of recovery, she was a high school teacher for 23 years in Haverhill, Mass. and a journalist at the Eagle-Tribune in Lawrence, Mass.
Jessica G. Carter, CRSW
Jessica is a Certified Recovery Support Worker in the State of New Hampshire and a woman in recovery from substance use disorder. She has been engaged in the recovery community, crisis teams, and system navigation both professionally and in the community for the last seven years. She began her employment at Revive Recovery Resource Center as the State of New Hampshire first publicly funded Recovery Coach position at Revive through funding provided by the City of Nashua as she worked directly with the City’s Safe Station Program. She is currently the Executive Director of Revive Recovery which serves community members in both Greater Nashua, Greater Manchester, and Greater Derry. She is responsible for the training and supervision of the team of peer-assisted recovery support specialists and care coordinators at Revive in all three locations. Jessica is currently the President of The New Hampshire Providers Association and the Chair of The New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition; both of which organizations have missions for which Jessica is very passionate. She is a trainer for The Art & Science of Peer Assisted Recovery, Ethical Considerations in Peer Assisted Recovery, Recovery Coaching, A Harm Reduction Pathway, and Developing Excellence in Recovery Coaching. Jessica is a Harm Reductionist and coordinates the training of Outreach Workers for the Syringe Service Alliance of the Nashua Area. She also provides overdose prevention education to community members across the State
of New Hampshire.
Joy Moody
Joy Moody is a person in long term recovery from alcohol and other drugs. She is currently a CRSW at Archways in Franklin, NH. She has been involved in Archways from its inception in 2015. She is a facilitator of SOS The Art and Science of Peer Assisted Recovery (PAR), Ethics for Peer Assisted Recovery, Suicide Prevention, HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention for Recovery Coaches, CCAR Recovery Coach Academy, CCAR Spirituality for Recovery Coaches, CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches, Joy is also an instructor of the American Red Cross First Aid, CPR, and AED curriculum. She provides many resources to breaking down barriers to help people find recovery. She helps bridge the gap between participant and their recovery needs. As a person in recovery my heart is to give a hand up to anyone in need.
Cheryle Pacapelli
Cheryle Pacapelli is a woman in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drugs for 30+ years. She currently is the Project Director for Peer Recovery Support Services – Facilitating Organization at Harbor Care, Inc. in Nashua NH. Cheryle is responsible for the building, developing and sustaining 19 Recovery Community Centers throughout New Hampshire. She comes to Harbor Care, Inc. from Connecticut where she worked as a Program Manager for Recovery Housing, Director of Operations, and the Director of Recovery Services at CT Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) from 2004-2012. During her time at CCAR she managed three Recovery Community Centers, Telephone Recovery Support Program, Recovery Housing Program, Volunteer Services, Recovery Coach Training, Recovery Training Series, and Recovery Walks. She was the co-owner of Stepping Stone House, a transitional living home for men in recovery seeking to transition from treatment and jail back into mainstream society. Cheryle has been providing and implementing recovery support since 2001.
Michelle J. Lennon
Michelle is the Executive Director of Archways and the driving force behind this
integrated family resource center and recovery organization, with three centers;
Tilton, Franklin, and Concord. She established the first community-built center in the
basement of a church in Tilton, New Hampshire, in response to the profound impact
of poverty and substance use on local families.
With a deep personal understanding of addiction effects within her own family and a substantial career in family support, Michelle has become a champion of strength-based services and education for individuals and families. Her expertise has made her a sought-after national trainer, collaborating with renowned organizations such as the national Opioid Response Network, the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery, Be Strong Families of Chicago, the Forever Hope Training Center of Tilton, and many others.
Jim Wuelfing
Jim Wuelfing, is owner and principle associate of the New England Center, dedicated to exceptional training, facilitation and consulting services for nearly 40 years. Jim has been a leader the prevention field including designing and implementing prevention programs and designing and training several prevention training curricula. His work in prevention has been honored several times including receiving the inaugural Prevention Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling, 2009 and having that award renamed the “Wuelfing Prevention Award” in 2011. Additionally, the prevention program he developed for a college campus was selected as one of six Special Programs of National Interest by the Planning Group of the Network of Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Drug and Alcohol Abuse with assistance provided by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, United States
Department of Education.
In the recovery supports arena he has been a major contributor in the design and delivery of several curricula including the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy and Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches as well as Developing Excellence in Recovery Coaching and Recovery Coaching a Harm Reduction Pathway. He, along with Stephen Gumbley, also developed a training curriculum on the connection between prevention and recovery for the Center for SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, a program of the Education Development Center. He has aided in the formation of several statewide recovery community organizations and has served on the board of the Massachusetts Organization of Addiction Recovery. Jim also has a decades long experience working on social justice issues focusing on racial inequities and understanding the dynamics of power and privilege. He co-wrote with Arthur Woodard, Jr. the nationally well-received training Racism of the Well-Intended.
Priscilla Matos
Priscilla is the Criminal Justice Program Manager, a Peer Specialist at
Revive Recovery Resource Center in Nashua, NH. She has, and
continues to, volunteer for the Syringe Service Alliance of the
Nashua Area (SSANA). She strives to fight for the rights of people
who use drugs and believes very strongly in harm reduction. Priscilla
considers herself a woman in long term recovery. For her that
means she has not used any mood altering or mind-altering
substances for the past 5 years. Priscilla is proud to say she is 33
years old, graduate from The Hillsborough county South Adult
Recovery Court program. Priscilla began her work in the recovery
field as an AmeriCorps member and she served for two years in this
program. She continues to work towards many goals and
aspirations set forth through her AmeriCorps experience. Priscilla is
trained in and a facilitator for a variety of topics such as the Art and
Science of Peer Assisted Recovery, various Parenting Programs,
Alternative Youth Peer Groups, and Recovery Coaching a Harm
Reduction Pathway. She has provided, and helped in development
of, a Narcan training, as well as training and development of
outreach workers for the SSANA program.