Travis Caouette, RCP (He, Him) serves at the Virtual Production Team Manager for CCAR. As a person living in mental health recovery, he brings his own life-experience and compassion to all online trainings. In doing this work, Travis has found that meeting people where they’re at with love and patience can take someone from the nervousness of being brand new to online learning to a virtual expert in no time. His passion for mental health education and awareness is evident in his work, but it shines through in his hobbies that include writing poetry, playing music, and graphic design.

Stacy Charpentier, RCP/RCPF, CPRS, proudly serves as the Director of Training at CCAR in Hartford, CT. In this role, she leads the development and delivery of comprehensive training programs aimed at empowering recovery coaches globally. What started with the foundational Recovery Coach Academy (RCA) has grown into a diverse suite of over nine different programs, available both in-person and online, along with numerous webinars that support the ongoing growth of recovery coaches. Drawing from her personal experience as a family member, Stacy is deeply passionate about supporting the recovery community. She believes that anyone can contribute to someone’s recovery success by learning about the process and utilizing the core skills that recovery coaches rely on. Her ultimate vision is to see recovery coaches recognized and valued across various industries worldwide, where their unique skills can offer hope and a pathway to recovery for those in need.

I Celine Dieppa started with CCAR as one of their Emergency Department Recovery Coach, I have the love and the passion for helping our community that struggles with all types of addiction and disorders. My time here at CCAR has been the most loving and rewarding experience I have ever experienced in my life. I’ve helped recoveries with their recovery along with helping myself learn about them and their needs even to learn and grow to see things I need to do for myself. I’m now on CCAR’s training team as their Training team coordinator, let me tell you, this new role is a different type of rewarding for me. I get to see so many things such as how and where CCAR started along with where the heart began to beat, I also get to do many things. There is no same day at CCAR. I can say every day I go into CCAR and leave CCAR it’s like I’m going to my family’s house for the day and when it’s time to leave for the day it’s never a goodbye it’s I’ll see you later or tomorrow. The whole training department has made me feel more welcome, and I didn’t even think that could be possible. There has not been a day since I started at CCAR, where I said to myself I didn’t want to go to work at CCAR. I’m truly blessed and honored to be a part of CCAR’s family.

Regina McGarrah, RCP, Program Coordinator, EDRC

Michael Serrano, RCP, Facilitator Development Coordinator

John Schwartz, RCP, Windham Recovery Community Center Manager

Phil Valentine, RCP, CCAR Executive Director, finished a thruhike of the entire Appalachian Trail, a trek of 2,189.2 miles. It took 189 days and 6 pairs of boots. During that sacred time, his purpose in life became more precisely defined: It is, simply, to coach recovery. Serving as the CCAR Executive Director since 2004, he has trained the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© dozens of times and has had a hand in modifying, improving and adapting various recovery coach curricula.

Richie Walsh, RCP, DOC Recovery Coach