Jimmie is a Boston, MA native and moved to Burlington, VT, in 2018. He studied Sociology at Virginia Wesleyan College and earned his Master’s Degree in Education at Boston University. Jimmie has worked at treatment facilities, transitional housing programs, and now at the UVM Medical Center Emergency Department. He has firsthand experience with AA, NA, […]
Peer Recovery Coach, Emergency Department, University of VT Medical Center (UVMMC)
Liza Ryan, CRC
Liza is originally from Buffalo, NY, Liza found her way to Burlington as a Champlain College student in 2016. She’s set to graduate in 2020 with a dual degree in social work and criminal justice. There is no degree for cheering on her Buffalo Bills, but it’s not for lack of effort. We honestly could […]
Michael Couture, CRC
Michael, a Vermont native, has co-owned several businesses in music and video production. He works as a freelance video special effects editor on historical documentaries and is also a photographer and watercolor artist. He’s incredibly generous with his time and talents and it continues to amaze us. (At a recent auction he donated a watercolor […]
Tara Campbell, CRC
Tara began work with addiction recovery support six years ago, as a volunteer right here at the Turning Point Center. As a Peer Recovery Coach and an Outreach Peer Support Specialist at the Chittenden Clinic, she helped folks on Medication-Assisted Treatment find support for their recovery. (That long sentence is the fancy way of saying […]
