Holly Cekala is a tireless advocate who has overseen the opening of two recovery centers in New Hampshire.  Cekala is a certified trainer of the CCAR-Recovery Coach Academy working over the years with hundreds of Certified Peer Specialists who have graduated to placements in hospitals, prisons, and faith-based centers, in senior centers, mental health centers, homeless shelters, domestic violence centers, re-entry centers  and transitional housing. “I have a bottom-up perspective,” is how Cekala summarizes her commitment to what she calls “the pure grassroots – open, networked, accredited.”