🔥 Board Spotlight: Elise – Counselor, Mother, and Unshakable Force

Some people make noise. Others move mountains quietly.
Elise is both.

A mother of two, a wife, a friend, and a dedicated chemical dependency counselor—Elise doesn’t just talk about healing. She lives it. She walks into the hardest spaces and brings something that no degree can teach: heart, clarity, and lived wisdom.

Elise is the definition of resilience.
She lost her mother at a young age. She lost her father in the years that followed. And somehow—she never lost herself. In fact, she became something stronger. Over the last decade, she’s faced more than most ever will—and still showed up for her family, her clients, and her calling with a kind of quiet fire that doesn’t ask for attention... but demands respect.

She has fought through systems that weren’t built for her. She has endured the weight of grief, the pressure of survival, and the demands of a helping profession that often gives very little in return. And through it all, she never stopped showing up—for others, for justice, and for a better way forward.

Elise isn’t just a counselor.
She is a listener. A protector. A system-breaker.
And the silent weapon behind much of what the Recovery Justice Network Initiative does to stay grounded, ethical, and real.

She is the pulse-check when emotions run hot. The calm when the storm hits. The one who helps us remember why we do this and who we do it for.

We’re proud to have her on our board.
We’re better because she’s in the room.
And we’re grateful for the grace, truth, and absolute gold she brings to this work.

Want to Build With Us?

RJNI is still growing—and we’re looking for people like Elise:

• Grounded. Real. Relentless in their care for others.

👉 Reach Out to learn about open board seats
👉 Donate to support work built on heart, not profit

This is recovery work. This is justice work.
And this is how we win—together.