Our Team
Emily Hage
President and CEO
Sarah Link Ferguson
Development & Events Manager
Scott Schultz
Prevention Services Team Lead
Megan Keller
Family Services Team Lead
Ryan Toothaker
Chief Financial Officer
Erin Horn
Marketing & Communications Manager
Hector Contreras
Community Prevention Specialist
Bryce Bradford
PFS Project Coordinator
Vanessa Herring
Chief Development Officer
Gray Lopez
Front Desk Associate
Shelby Krech
Family Services Counselor
Reggie Jackson
Director of Recovery Services
Melissa Gard
Director of Operations & Administration
Margaux Mueller
Director of Prevention Services
Ananda Sallman
Community Prevention Specialist
Bailey Beauchamp
Recovery Advocate
Keith Faison
Director of Organizational Development
LaTanya Dumas
Community Outreach Specialist
Deborah Lee
Crisis Call Counselor
Rita Mwangong
Assessment Counselor
Jesse Marden
Grants Manager
Ginny Sperkowski
Community Prevention Specialist
Courtney Bauer
Recovery Advocate
Natalia Stamm
Community Prevention Specialist
Governing Board
George Lopez, Chair
Paramount Bank
Nicole Esquibel
Avila University
DJ Pierre
Shaffer Lombardo Shurin
Chris Vernaci
Hart
Eric Burtin, Vice Chair
Burtin & Associates, Inc.
Rachel Arnett
Blue Cross Blue Shield of KC
Richard D. Rhyne
Rhyne ADR
Luis M. Cordoba
Mattie Rhodes Center
Karen Gerson, Secretary
Community Volunteer
Sgt. Garron Carter
KCMO Police Department
Catherine Singleton
First National Realty Partners
Trisha Hokanson, Treasurer
J.E. Dunn Construction
Patrick James Martin
Department of Energy
Jenn Toro
Spark & Sage
Emerging
Professionals Board
Emily Swenson
Chair, Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Ethan Helfand
Jewish Community Center of Greater KC
Ashley Saragusa Lange
Kiewit
Nicolas Tuggle
Vice Chair, JE Dunn
Tyler Reese
CBIZ
Jenny Platten
Reynolds Law Firm
Alyssa O'Brien
Secretary, US Department of Veteran Affairs
Peter Cajina
Oracle
Justin Cohen
KU Alumni Association
Marissa Ritterhoff
Blue Cross Blue Shield