Sandy is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Roads to Recovery. Her personal recovery is through lived experience as a family member of loved ones with addictions, mutual help programs, individual therapy, and daily reading and meditation practice. She is committed to providing help and support for family and friends because, "we are so often focused on the person with addiction that we don't realize how distorted our own thinking and reality have become. We need treatment and recovery support as much as our loved ones with SUDs." Sandy has over 30-years of experience in substance use disorder counseling, prevention, program development, management and supervision, teaching and training, all levels of care, and agency administration. Sandy is also a trainer and consultant statewide for peers and professionals in stigma fighting, advocacy and recovery management for people with SUDs, recovery-oriented systems of care, and peer leadership training. Sandy has taught courses in Counselor Identity, Function & Ethics, Substance Abuse Counseling along with being a regular presenter at State Addiction Conferences in VA, WV, and TN. Sandy is a CPRS (Certified Peer Recovery Specialist) and a CSAC (Certified Substance Abuse Counselor) and holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Counseling from Lynchburg College. She enjoys hiking, biking, music, theatre, reading, and time with family and friends