Peer Support Team

Nicky Fadley is the founder and Executive Director at Strength In Peers. Grounded in her lived experience with mental health recovery and overcoming trauma, she focuses on developing peer recovery support programs and advocating for individuals who struggle with behavioral health challenges...

Nicky Fadley

Ragan is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and serves as Director of Operations at Strength In Peers. Ragan joined the team in 2017 and has provided peer support through all of the organization’s programs. She is a certified Supervisor of Peer Recovery Specialist and utilizes various recovery models including 12-step recovery, W.R.A.P. (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) and Motivational Interviewing...

Ragan McManus

Richard Jackson

Richard is a Virginia Certified Peer Recovery Specialist who moved from Florida to Virginia in 2002. It is his desire to assist others in achieving their life goals and overcome addictions, trauma and mental health issues. He and his wife are Statewide Volunteers with the Virginia Department of Corrections, conducting Christian services in prisons...

Jenni serves as Strength In Peers’ Adult Programs Coordinator. In her role, she supports Peer Specialists that work for the organization’s Drug Court, Women Rise, and Back on Track programs. Jenni is passionate about helping other people find recovery so they may have a better way of life...

Jenni Collings

Veronica is the Youth Program Coordinator and Youth Mentor for the school program located in Shenandoah County Southern Campus. She is passionate about working with children and helping them talk about challenges they face and helping them develop coping skills to deal with those challenges...

Veronica Ryman

Mary Beth Hill

Mary Beth Hill is the Coordinator of the Community Resource Center. She has a background in social work and worked with the Head Start Program before coming to Strength in Peers. After losing her infant son in 2014, Mary Beth became active in the Sadie Rose Foundation, a local organization providing support for child loss...

Tony serves as Enrollment Coordinator at Strength In Peers. He primarily works with the local jails to enroll qualified participants into the organization’s Back on Track program. Tony has years of personal recovery and is trained in Peer Recovery, Motivational Interviewing and W.R.A.P. (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)...

Tony McClenney

Ryan is Strength in Peers Outreach Specialist, trained in the core skills of a Community Health Worker (CHW). Ryan coordinates both the Street Outreach and HIV and Hepatitis C testing. In this role Ryan applies his unique understanding of the culture and population of this community to provide health education, testing and information on services that Strength In Peers provides...

Ryan Kirby

Alex Boudreau

Alex is a Peer Support Specialist with Strength in Peers who is from the Northern Shenandoah Valley. She currently works on Strength In Peers’ Alcohol and Drug program serving Page and Shenandoah Counties. Alex is in long term recovery from substance use...

Jordan is a Peer Recovery Specialist who thrives on using his own unique experience to help others. As a Harrisonburg native, he is committed to improving lives within the community that raised him and has worked with numerous nonprofits in the area, while also serving on several Boards of Directors...

Jordan Fisher

Julie is a Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist and is working towards her state certification. Julie started working at Strength In Peers in November 2018, on the Women Rise program and with the Harrisonburg Drug Court. She is in long term recovery and believes her lived experience with substance use, and trauma will assist her...

Julie Grubbs

Betsy Edmunds

Betsy is a Peer Support Specialist with Strength In Peers. She works in our Alcohol and Drug program, which services Page and Shenandoah Counties. Betsy also works in our school mentoring program at North Fork Middle School...

Katie is a Peer Support Specialist originally from the DC area and recently relocated to the Shenandoah Valley. For the last 10 years she has been traveling and working primarily in Africa, but also parts of South East Asia, and Sweden. Katie has a BA in Theatre & Dance from George Mason University, as well as a Master’s Certificate in Documentary Filmmaking from The George Washington University...

Katie Thompson