FOUNDER - PAST PRESIDENT
Kristen Quinn, Founder - Past President
Kristen Quinn is the past president of the Lakes Area Community Coalition and a person living in long term recovery. She founded the Lakes Area Community Coalition in April of 2016 in an effort to create a healthy, vibrant, drug-free community in the Lakes Area. She is committed to preventing substance use in our youth and advocates for prevention programs throughout the Walled Lake Consolidated School District. She is a Sobriety Court graduate and now serves as the Vice President of the Sobriety Court Promotions Program at the 52-1 District Court. She has served the Alcoholics Anonymous fellowship in a variety of capacities including Treatment Committee chair, Group Service Representative, and District Committee Member. Kristen is often invited to share her story with others in recovery and continues to sponsor newcomers to the AA fellowship. In June of 2018 Kristen became a Hope Not Handcuffs angel serving the Farmington, Farmington Hills, Novi, South Lyon, and Wixom police departments to assistant individuals with substance use disorders seeking treatment. She is a graduate of Walled Lake Central High School and proud to call the Lakes Area home for most of her life.
VOLUNTEERS
Kathy and Ron Eberline
The Eberlines are active volunteers, serving at community events like the Wixom Family Fun Nights and working to grow LACC's connection with our local faith community.
Pam Blair
Pam leads Hope Not Handcuffs and we partner with her organization whenever we can. Pam volunteers with us at our fall and spring DEA Take Back Days and also at the Walled Lake Farmers Market, connecting our message of prevention with hope for recovery.
Cheryl McMahon
Cheryl is a therapist working in the field of mental health and substance abuse. Her programs focusing on drug & alcohol abuse as well as domestic violence, anger management and retail fraud have been implemented in the courts since 1998. She attended FAN meetings hosted by the coalition during 2016 & 2017 and began volunteering directly in 2017. Cheryl conducts the Synar tobacco outlet compliance checks on behalf of the coalition in the lakes area.
Lori Kuriwchak
Lori, a local mom, conducts the Synar tobacco outlet compliance checks on behalf of the coalition in the lakes area.
Nancy Perpich
Nancy is local real estate agent who volunteers during the coalition's medication take back events every April and October.