Jeremy Byard, CPSS, CSA, SES

Jeremy Byard is a passionate advocate devoted to ensuring all individuals who have struggled with substance use disorders have access to high-quality, evidence-based prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services; he is also a leader in the broader U.S. Recovery Movement. A veteran and small business owner, he left the private sector to work in the field of addiction treatment in 2016. Since then, he has led a division of peer support specialists at a national non-profit, created that organization’s first division of supported employment for individuals in recovery, and founded Louisville, KY’s first Recovery Community Organization, the Louisville Recovery Community Connection where he still oversees operations as the CEO. Jeremy has expertise in building Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care, implementation of evidence-based interventions, legislative advocacy, arts-based participatory methodologies for community-based activism and research, and organizational leadership.