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TAAP ATX Board Members

Meet Our Board Members

Meredith Meurer grew up in the Houston area and landed in the Austin area after college. Meredith graduated from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and also has a Master's degree in Professional Counseling.

Meredith spent 10 years of her counseling career working in adolescent residential treatment for substance use disorders as a therapist, Clinical Supervisor and Program Director. She has also worked in young adult intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs.

Meredith currently serves as the Director of Revolution Youth and Family Recovery and oversees the recovery high school and youth and family support programs. She is passionate about advocating for adolescent recovery services and non-profit programs.

Meredith and her husband, Chris, live in San Marcos, TX and enjoy spending the weekends exploring the hill country and training their Australian Shephard puppy, Beau. 

LAWRENCE SPAIN

Vice President

Lawrence has worked in the field of Substance Use Disorder since 2018, when he founded Spain Sober Living in Austin as a result of the loss of a loved one due to both Substance Use Disorder and mental illness. After this happened, Lawrence felt empowered to serve this population and to do more for his own community. As the Diversity and Inclusion chair of Austin TAAP, Lawrence is able to connect with folks from various walks of life to help them remember that we have all obstacles to face, and to support them changing their lives for the better.

Our Board Co-Secretary has held the position of Business Development Specialist at Rock Springs Hospital in Georgetown, TX, since June 18. Kyle is a proud military brat and the bottom of five children. He spent much of his childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area following his father's retirement from the Navy and is a diehard Raider fan.


Kyle has been a member of the Recovery Community for since July 2005 and has worked in the Recovery
field since moving to Austin in 2012. One of his true professional passions is helping others to understand the crossover between Mental Health issues and Substance Use Disorder. Kyle attended San Diego State University in Childhood Development and Psychology. After his time in San Diego working as a Bar Tender and Corporate trainer for the Food and Wine industry, he moved to Los Angeles to join an Investment Group where he specialized in Branding, Marketing, and Business Development. Upon
moving to Austin, Kyle redirected his background in Sales, Marketing, and Branding toward the Recovery Community.


As a father of two sons, his passion is showing them the world firsthand by traveling the world and
instilling wanderlust into their hearts. By seeing the world and experiencing new cultures and ways of
life to encourage them to grow into compassionate and open-minded human beings.

SARA BUCKLER

Co-Secretary

Sara is originally, born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas but made the move to Austin in 2016. She began her career in the healthcare profession with a non-profit organization where she dedicated her time to assisting adults, adolescents, and veterans with high quality affordable care. During here time with the non-profit, she held numerous positions, and was able to complete her Student Practicum in Counseling. Sara finds her ultimate passion leading families and loved ones struggling with mental health and/or substance use disorder back on their journey to healing.

Sara earned her Master's degree in Health Administration (MHA) from Grand Canyon University, Bachelor's of Science in Sociology from Grand Canyon University, and her Associates of Applied Science in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling at Tarrant County College. She also received a Certificate of Completion for Mental Health Social Work at Tarrant County College. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and a Board Member of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals in Austin (TAAP).

Members at Large

Steven has worked in the field of recovery since 2012. He started in the field as tech, and worked his way up to to  become a Recovery Specialist,  the Director of Recovery Services and then Director of Operations at a high accountability sober living organization, and now he is the Director of Operations at Infinite Recovery.


As an addict in 12 step recovery, I’m very passionate about 12 step work and the Power that I have gained a relationship with through the 12 step process. Through that process God has renewed and polished many things in my life, the number one thing is my family. I have a beautiful, supportive wife, and two amazing children.

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Chuck Mitchell
Business Development

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Georgia Thompson
Business Development

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Leslie Guillory
Clinical

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Cory Bickham
Clinical

(225) 936-5954

cbickhamm@yahoo.com

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Alex Litke
Media Committee

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Chris Gates
Media Committee

(512) 554-7528

chris@bigcoollife.com

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Brittany Geer

Membership Chairperson

(830) 370-3305

bgeer@lahacienda.com

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Byron Williams

DEI Chairperson

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Colleen Olfers

Legislative Chairperson

(713) 385-5136

cmolfers@att.net

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Nic Ballejo

Mentorship Chairperson

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