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 Manager. 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 Manager. 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

Jeremiah Buracker, a native of Page County, Virginia, began working at Strength In Peers as a Peer Support Specialist in mid-July 2020. Jeremiah’s previous work history points to machine operations and warehouse management, but he’s been a natural peer supporter in his community for years...

Jeremiah Buracker

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 serves as Rural Programs Manager. He 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

Hannah Bailey started at Strength In Peers on July 6, 2020, and has hit the ground running! As our Street Outreach Specialist, Hannah is working with our homeless friends by conducting housing intake assessments, connecting people to Centralized Housing Intake, providing folks with essential items, and lending peer support to those in need...

Hannah Bailey

Betsy Edmunds

Betsy works as Program Coordinator of the Pathways to Wellness Program. Betsy has lived experience and long-term recovery from substance use. She has been trained as a Peer Support Specialist, and also has experience working with children that have trauma-related challenges.

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

Chris serves as a Peer Support Specialist for Strength In Peers’ Side by Side Recovery Program. He is in long-term recovery from substance abuse, trauma, and mental health challenges. Chris has an associate’s degree in Human Services from Blue Ridge Community College...

Chris Shope