2025 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Recovery Is the Answer! Peer Support is the Way!
Celebrating Recovery and Peer Support
October 21 & 22, 2025 at Killington Grand Hotel
228 E Mountain Rd, Killington, VT 05751
Full conference agenda to Come.
This conference celebrates the diversity of services and supports in Vermont’s recovery centers, recovery residences, and accomplishments throughout our recovery community. It provides opportunities for attendees to share knowledge, wisdom, and network with each other. The Dinner’s central focus is celebrating Stars in our community via our three Recovery Stars Awards. Every year this event is making us a much closer and more knowledgeable community, providing valuable support to staff doing difficult work.
Keynote Speaker
Wendy Jones
Executive Director, Minnesota Alliance of Recovery Community Organizations (MARCO)
Wendy is a person in long-term recovery from substance use disorder and a cofounder of MARCO. From 2018 to 2023 she was Executive Director of Minnesota Recovery Connection (MRC), the states first Recovery Community Organization (established in 2007), where she helped to expand capital MRC’s programs and infrastructure, and advocate for the development of peer-led community-based recovery support services across Minnesota. She joined Minnesota Recovery Connection after a long career with the Minnesota Historical Society, where she was the director of education.
Wendy has a Master of Public Affairs degree from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, is a former Humphrey Policy Fellow, and is the Chair of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Opioids, Substance Use, and Addiction.
Accommodations
Attendees may book accommodations at our host conference hotel, the Killington Grand Resort Hotel, 228 E Mountain Rd, Killington, VT. The hotel guarantees the conference rate for bookings made through September 18th. After that the price may go up. We advise booking as soon as possible.
Accessibility Statement
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations, including dietary needs, for this event. Please contact Amanda Nevius, Deputy Director, RPV, at [email protected] or 857-540-5282 to make a request. All requests must be submitted by October 1st.