Meet our Board of Directors

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  Becky is a reentry consultant, case manager, community relations coordinator, student, and visionary. She is currently employed as the reentry specialist at the Transylvania County Detention Center, providing case management and reentry programming to individuals confined in the jail. She has worked in corrections for five years, offering reentry services in both the prison and jail setting. Becky has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and psychology from Brevard College. She has certifications in Moral Reconation Therapy, motivational interviewing, mental health first aid, and trauma informed practices.

  Lexie is a Black man who knows what it’s like to be that person seeking recovery from substance use disorder. During his own struggle with ongoing drug use and while serving one of his prison sentences, Lexie realized that he could turn his life around and use his experiences to help others. He’s been in recovery for over nineteen years and has dedicated his professional life to improving the treatment and care provided to people with substance use disorder and/or mental health diagnoses. He has a B.S. in Sociology and holds many certifications including CPPS, CADC, and CHW. Lexie has played an integral part in the development of multiple peer recovery rooms in the WNC area and now serves as Executive Director of Love and Respect Center for Recovery and Wellness.

 Amber has been in recovery since March 9th, 2022. She now has her Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice with a Human Services Concentration, NC Peer Support Specialist Certification and Forensic Peer Support Certification. She started her first peer support job with Henderson County in May 2025, working as a PSS for the Adult Recovery Court. Her lived experience with substance use and co-occurring mental health diagnoses allows her to be able to support participants. She has a passion for the justice involved because she has been through the justice system. She wishes she had someone to help her when she was going through her struggles and that's why she’s so passionate about the work she does now. 

  Libby comes from a 20+ year career in finance and accounting working with corporations, nonprofits, and small businesses. She first became interested in reentry work in 2016, when she began volunteering in the Florida Department of Corrections. Since then, she has worked with the justice-involved population by way of advocacy, direct service, and most recently acting as finance manager for Operation Gateway; a key reentry provider in the region.

  Amy has over 25 years of experience in the human services field, and is currently employed as the Life Works Coach at Community Action Opportunities. She has worked with incarcerated women (and often their children) in Mexico & Venezuela, which is where her passion for reentry work began. Amy holds many certifications, including case management, Community Resiliency Model Trainer, Doula, and Mental Health First Aid.

  Joselito (Lito) Ruiz has been in recovery since June 28, 2010. He earned his Peer Support Specialist Certification in 2022 and continued on to obtain his Community Health Worker Certification in September 2025. He has years of experience in the human services and recovery field. Some of this experience includes employment as a PSS for a MAT program in Asheville, working on the first response team and within the ICU department of Hackensack Meridian Health Hospital, and his current county position as the Reentry Specialist in the Henderson County Detention Center.