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
Natalia Stamm
Community Prevention Specialist
Pam DuPriest
Recovery Advocate
Governing Board
Eric Burtin, Chair
Burtin & Associates, Inc.
Nicole Esquibel
Avila University
Patrick James Martin
Department of Energy
Jenn Toro
Spark & Sage
Karen Gerson, Vice Chair
Community Volunteer
Garron Carter
KCMO Police Department
Tricia McGhee
Latinx Education Collaborative
& Revolución Educativa
Nick Tuggle
JE Dunn Construction
Chris Vernaci, Treasurer
Hart
Luis M. Cordoba
Mattie Rhodes Center
DJ Pierre
Shaffer Lombardo Shurin
Rachel Arnett, Secretary
Blue Cross Blue Shield of KC
John Cusick
Barnes Law Firm
Catherine Singleton
First National Realty Partners
Emerging
Professionals Board
Justin Cohen
Chair, KU Alumni Association
Marissa Ritterhoff
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Jenny Platten
Vice Chair, Reynolds Law Firm
Alyssa O'Brien
Secretary, Federal Public Defender Office
Tyler Reese
CBIZ