Prevention Works VT


Meet our Team

Taysa Lynch, CPS, PRSS
Director of Operations

Taysa Lynch serves as Director of Operations for Prevention Works!VT, where she supports statewide prevention initiatives, workforce development, communications, credentialing, events, partnerships, and grant-supported projects. As Prevention Works!VT prepares for an upcoming leadership transition, Taysa is working closely with current leadership to support continuity and the organization’s next chapter.

Taysa’s background spans both prevention and recovery. She first found her passion for prevention through developing and leading peer-based youth programs for young people in Vermont and New Hampshire impacted by substance use, either personally or within their families. That experience shaped her commitment to creating strong systems of support, expanding access to prevention resources, and helping communities build programs that are practical, sustainable, and responsive to local needs. A Certified Prevention Specialist and Peer Recovery Support Specialist, Taysa brings a strong focus on connection, collaboration, workforce development, and strengthening Vermont’s prevention infrastructure.



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Beth Shrader
Director of Programming

             

Beth has worked in the substance misuse prevention field in Vermont since 2004, starting as the Director of the Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition. Before joining PW! VT as a full-time staff member in July 2023, Beth worked for PW! VT has been a consultant for two and a half years. As the Director of Programs, she coordinates workforce and professional development projects, networking opportunities, and other programming.  Beth is also the principal of a consulting organization serving non-profit organizations in the Northeast whose clients include hospitals and health services organizations, law enforcement agencies, local government, as well as substance abuse prevention coalitions.  Beth holds a degree from Rutgers University and attended North Carolina State University.
 
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Our Steering Committee

Prevention Works!VT is guided by leaders in Vermont’s substance misuse prevention community

Jessica Bickford

Coalition Coordinator
Healthy Lamoille Valley

Matt Wollf

Senior Associate for Youth Empowerment
Vermont Afterschool

Emily Zanleoni

Director
Hartford Community Coalition

Nick Tatakis

Prevention Consultant
State of Vermont – DSU

Maryann Morris

Executive Director
The Collaborative

Carolyn Towne

Prevention Director
NVRH

Sara Stearns

Prevention Director
RRMC