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LEAD PEER RECOVERY CONSULTANT & C0-FOUNDER
Chris Savage
Chris Savage brings over a decade’s worth of experience providing innovative addiction peer recovery support in a range of clinical settings, with a sub-specialization in supporting adolescents and young adults. In addition to serving as the co-director and lead consultant at Peer Recovery Consultants, he is a research program manager at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Recovery Research Institute.
Before co-founding Peer Recovery Consultants, Chris oversaw and supported the growing statewide system of youth and young adult recovery support services for the State of Massachusetts through his work at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS). There, he spearheaded programs aimed at building statewide addiction recovery networks and increasing peer provider capacity, as well as promoting recovery-oriented systems of care throughout the Commonwealth.
Prior to his work with the state of Massachusetts, Chris was the lead recovery coach at the Addiction Recovery Management Service (ARMS) at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he supported a large caseload of adolescents and young adults in outpatient care for substance use disorder and related problems.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
Ben Coffin
Ben’s background is in community mental health, substance use disorder treatment, training development and lived experience support leadership. With this experience comes a deep knowledge of substance use disorder treatment systems and how best to equip people to navigate them successfully.
Previous to his work with Peer Recovery Consultants, Ben was the Senior peer recovery specialist with Point32 Health, helping the organization integrate peer recovery services and the vital support they bring into the substance use disorder treatment continuum. Prior to that, Ben directed a mental health drop-in center and has led multiple teams providing substance use and mental health support in various treatment systems and settings. Ben also sits on the board of directors for The Family Restored, a New England-wide non-profit established to support families and eliminate financial barriers through treatment scholarships.
Ben specializes in helping families navigate the addiction treatment landscape and helping them find solutions for their loved one’s substance use and mental health challenges. He also provides education to families about addiction and addiction recovery, coaches families in supporting a loved one with addiction while also setting healthy limits, and helps families access care for themselves.
CONSULTANT
Courtney Carleo
Courtney seeks to empower women who are not only seeking addiction recovery, but are also wanting to cultivate hope, balance, and self-love in their lives. To this end, Courtney works directly with women to help promote self-worth while assisting with various co-occurring issues such as body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and an array of self-image issues that are exacerbated by substance use. As a mom, Courtney also believes in the importance of helping women in recovery navigate the challenges of motherhood through community and relationships.
In addition to working closely with women, Courtney is passionate about her work with family members of those affected by substance use disorder and other mental health conditions.
Courtney sits on the board of directors for The Family Restored, a New England based non-profit whose mission is to strengthen and support families affected by addiction. Courtney has also worked with a variety of addiction organizations in Massachusetts and Maine over the past decade including The Family Restored, Place of Promise, The Center for Grieving Children, 412 Inc., Macka’s Mission, and The Pelican Intervention Fund.
CONSULTANT
Spencer Paresky
A passionate advocate of peer recovery support services, Spencer has seen its transformative nature work miracles in his own life. Bringing over a decade of lived experience in recovery from substance use disorder and mental health issues, Spencer has held numerous, diverse roles within the field of human services. He recovered young and is passionate about sharing his experience in navigating recovery with other young people.
Spencer graduated from Salem State University, majoring in Sociology. While attending college, Spencer worked in community mental health, supporting individuals living with mental health as well as substance use issues, helping them to outline, plan, and execute their goals in their journey to recovery.
Spencer later worked at Fenway Health where he helped lead the Boston project site of the CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) project. Upon graduation, he was promoted to project coordinator, and ultimately project manager within the company.
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, a person in recovery, and a seasoned professional in the field of human services, Spencer’s goal is to use his personal experience and knowledge to work with individuals and families grappling with addiction and other mental health issues. Spencer fervently believes that “recovery is possible for everyone”.
CONSULTANT
Sam Martin
Sam’s interests lie in supporting individuals with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental and physical health problems. In his work, he has consistently seen a care gap for people who struggle with addiction in combination with complex mental and physical health issues. From his work in community mental health settings as a certified peer recovery advocate, as well as his research in harm reduction and overdose prevention at New York University, it became apparent to Sam that individuals’ needs were not being met. He looks to bridge these gaps by supporting people who struggle with substance use problems and co-occurring mental and physical health conditions. Sam also has a special interest in supporting individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and acquired brain injury (ABI). Read his recent commentary on overdose risk and brain injury published in Substance Use and Misuse.
Sam is a clinical psychology doctoral student at the University of Denver. Sam is also an opioid overdose educator and provides training on the administration of naloxone (Narcan) – a life-saving medication that can reverse opioid overdoses.
In addition, Sam is a community activist battling the opioid overdose crisis, and is a member of the Community Advisory Board for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and has led support groups with the Brain Injury Association of America for over a decade.
Jason Favaloro
Jason is a dedicated father of twin boys and a husband in long-term addiction recovery. In addition to his work with Peer Recovery Consultants, he operates a men's 12-step-oriented addiction recovery house and is actively involved in his local recovery community. As a trained Certified Family-Focused Interventionist, and soon-to-be Certified Intervention Professional, he is passionate about guiding individuals and families through the addiction recovery process. Above all else, his work is rooted in the conviction that recovery is possible for all, and that people can thrive in recovery. Knowing change can be difficult he works with individuals at all stages of change, from those contemplating making changes to their substance use behaviors, to those already engaged in the recovery process and seeking some additional support. He also works with families, helping them set healthy limits and improve communication, even when their loved one is not yet ready to change.
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Roger Oser
Previously, Roger was the founding Principal of William J. Ostiguy High School, the first addiction recovery high school in the United States to receive national accreditation. Since its inception in 2006, the school has focused on serving adolescents in recovery from substance use disorder, employing a peer-driven, adolescent-centered framework built on a foundation of recovery culture and trauma sensitive approaches. Roger believes in the importance of community involvement and partnerships and has also served as the Chair of the Association for Recovery Schools and the Boston Youth Service Network. At Peer Recovery Consultants, Roger applies his extensive experience and knowledge operating and advocating for recovery high schools by providing technical assistance both locally and nationally to new and existing recovery high schools. He also works directly with at-risk adolescents and their families to help them navigate their education journey.
CO-FOUNDER
David Eddie, PhD, ABAP
Board certified in addiction psychology, Dr. David Eddie is an attending clinical psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, a researcher at the Recovery Research Institute, and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.
A co-founder of Peer Recovery Consultants and an internationally recognized expert in substance use disorder treatment and recovery, as well as a person in long-term recovery, Dr. Eddie provides consultation and education to government and industry, as well as support and supervision to the Peer Recovery Consultant team.