Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

-Helen Keller

Our Team

Traci Ploufe

Executive Director

Traci is our beautiful leader. She is a genuine, lovely soul, with a heart the size of Mt Marcy! Her love for the community is being poured into every corner of The Prevention Team as she develops it into the Hub of Hope.

Julie Baker

Moriah CSD Prevention Specialist-Resiliency Coach

Colleen (Cam) Brown

Safe Harbor Ambassador

Colleen “Cam” Brown is a Safe Harbour Ambassador. Her professional background includes being a special education teacher, hospice bereavement coordinator, and partner with Trades of Hope.

Ben Frantz

Prevention Specialist - Lake Placid CSD and Newcomb

Cool dude, all heart! He is ever creating great ways for kids to breathe in safe and enjoyable spaces. 

Dawn Waters - Prevention Educator

She is a sweet, creative mind that isn’t afraid to serenade sweet resilience to you with her guitar!

Ronwyn Kneller

Prevention Specialist/ Educator-Aging Wisely

Ronwyn is addressing youth AND elders in our community! She is a wealthy of knowledge and a joy to have in the room!

Linda Boyea

Prevention Specialist/Educator - Moriah CSD and Boquet Mountainside

Angie MacAlpine

Prevention Specialist/Educator - Crown Point and Newcomb

Angie is a gem of the P Team. She is the adult that everyone wanted to have around as a kid. Angie adores youth and teaching them how to make healthy choices and empowering them to stick with that confidence through the years.

Samuel Gangi

Resiliency Coach- Crown Point

Sam is Moriah Viking who has formally been adopted by the Panthers! The kids love how relatable he is! Sam is super into safe fitness practices-BONUS!

Casey King

Sober Active Recovery Network Facilitator

Resiliency Coach- Minerva and Boquet Lakeview

Casey is our Jack of all trades- he meets with kids all day and adults all evening. He is a champion of local recovery efforts and all of those little steps that create a big difference! He’s creating unique ways to make the sobriety journey work within all the priorities in life.

Joi Larruci

Prevention Specialist/Educator -Aging Wisely