President
Shawn Sims, Esq.
Treasurer
Melissa Tweedie
Secretary
Alan E. Coker
Members
Deborah Barrows
Tracie Z Compositor
Jaron Davis
Harold Grimes
Donald L. Heymann
Richard Novak
Cheryl Povilonis, Esq.
Nydia Rios-Benitez, MA, LPC
John F. Sims
Thomas Behrendt, Esq.
Ken Blatt, MD
2075 Silas Deane Highway
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
As a peer run organization, our staff uses their direct lived experience navigating mental health, addiction, and trauma to promote individual growth, human rights, and systems transformation. We believe that everyone has the inner capacity to heal, grow, and change. Our team envisions a world in which everyone – regardless of socio-economic status or psychiatric/addiction histories – has space to be seen, heard, and valued.
