Your Stories Are Our Stories
About The Family Recovery Foundation
If you're dealing with addiction and its wreckage, or if you have a loved one who is, you don't have to recover alone. Your stories are our stories. At The Family Recovery Foundation we all have our personal stories and first-hand experience with addiction and mental health issues.

For many of us, our recovery started when we were feeling the most lost and were brought closer to the divine.
That's why we are here to help shed a light and cast out the shadows of doubt and despair.
Meet Our People
If you're looking for real resources for real-life situations, created by real people, you've come to the right place. We are a clinically facilitated foundation with a Christian faith-based orientation. Our people are industry experts, professionals, and advocates with decades of combined experience and years of collaboration who came together for a common cause.
Board of Directors
Paul Alexander
Founder
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Devon Wayt
Vice President
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Andrew Engbring
CEO & Founder Reflection Family Interventions
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Andrew's journey into recovery advocacy began with personal family experiences that ignited his passion for transformative change. In 2013, he launched his career managing a sober living home for young men in early recovery in Encinitas, California. Over the years, he advanced through roles as Housing Director, Director of Admissions, Program Director, Business Development Director, and CEO of a large scale operation—gaining invaluable insights into the recovery process and the importance of comprehensive support.
Recognizing a critical gap in traditional intervention models—methods that focus solely on treatment without equipping families with the tools for healing—Andrew resigned from executive leadership and co-founded Reflection Family Interventions with his wife. This family-owned organization is built on decades of professional experience and deep personal commitment, emphasizing that families are central to successful recovery through compassionate guidance, education, and ongoing support.
An Eagle Scout, Andrew’s background reflects a lifelong commitment to leadership and service. Trained in intervention, psychology, and family systems, he remains steadfast in guiding families toward profound transformation. Outside of his work, he finds balance in nature through camping and hiking and cherishes time with his wife, daughter, and dogs.
Ilana Zivkovich
Founder and CEO of Werq
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Ilana is the Founder and CEO of Werq, an executive coaching and management consulting firm serving CEO’s and their teams from around the world. An experienced executive leader and a Certified Executive Coach, Ilana specializes in coaching and advising CEO’s from SMBs to multi-billion dollar publicly traded enterprises on strategy formulation, organizational design, performance optimization, team performance, and cultural transformation. A lifelong student of “what makes people and organizations tick, ” Ilana is an enthusiastic change agent with a strong background in behavioral health who believes in embracing challenges in pursuit of growth. Prior to founding Werq, Ilana served as a C-Suite leader of premier behavioral healthcare organizations serving addicts and their families from around the world. Ilana is an LCSW and holds a Master’s degree in Social Work. She is a proud contributing member to WPO (Women’s Presidents Organization) - an invite-only membership group for female presidents of multi-milliion dollar organizations. She serves on the Board of VentureLab, a non-profit dedicated to expanding youth entrepreneurship around the globe. She spends her free time adoring her young children and enjoying living in the vibrant city of Austin, TX.
Mike S. Early
CSAC-WI
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Mike S. Early, CSAC-WI, (retired) has devoted over 50 years to the field of addiction treatment and recovery, pioneering program development, evaluation, and strategic leadership. He has held senior roles at leading organizations including the Hazelden Foundation—where he re-engineered key departments such as Admissions and Continuing Care—and Caron Treatment Centers, where he served as EVP/Chief Clinical Officer, overseeing specialized programs for professionals, chronic pain, and relapse prevention.
Mike has also provided executive-level guidance at Northbound Treatment Services and has been instrumental in shaping long-term recovery strategies by integrating 12-Step principles across disciplines.
He is currently working with The Retreat in Wayzata MN in the area of New Business Development
His influence extends to professional training and credentialing, having served as President of the WI Alcohol and Drug Counselor Certification Board and Chair of the IC&RC’s Case Presentation Method Committee.
Appointed to the Wisconsin State Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and a former board member of NAATP, Mike’s leadership and advocacy have left a lasting mark on the field. His personal recovery story was featured in Moments of Clarity by Christopher Kennedy Lawford, highlighting his legacy as both a professional pioneer and an inspiring voice for lifelong recovery.
Staff
Beth Durling
MS, CADCII, ICADC
Executive Director
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Ashley Drake
M.A.
Chief Marketing & Development Officer
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Ashley’s passion is to aid in the recovery process of those suffering from addiction as well as their loved ones caught in the vicious cycle.
Her motivation to help others is rooted in her own recovery. In 2010, Ashley entered treatment for polysubstance use and began her recovery journey. She has been in recovery for 13 years and continues to work a 12-step program. She is dedicated to giving back to addicts, families, and communities what she has been given.
Ashley earned an MA in Ministry at Carolina University, magna cum laude; a BS in Psychology at Bethel University, summa cum laude; and an Associate’s degree in Sociology at Nashville State Community College, summa cum laude. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Pi, the National Honor Society of Leadership and Success.
Myra Wood
Volunteer Coordinator
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Jen McDonough
Grief Coach
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Jen brings a rare and powerful blend of personal experience, professional training, and heartfelt compassion to her work with families impacted by addiction. A former Chemical Dependency Counselor, Jen has spent years walking alongside families and their loved ones who are battling the life-threatening disease of drug addiction and alcoholism. For Jen, this isn’t just a service—it’s a lifeline.
What sets Jen apart is her deep, firsthand understanding of addiction from every angle. She has lived it, fought through it, and tragically, lost her oldest son to a heroin overdose. Rising from the ashes of that loss, Jen has dedicated her life to helping others find hope, healing, and direction. Her journey has equipped her with insight and empathy that can’t be taught—making her a powerful support to those navigating grief, crisis, and the long road to recovery.
As an interventionist and grief coach, Jen approaches each family with compassion, clarity, and a deep commitment to making a meaningful difference. Her mission is clear: to be a steady, understanding presence for families in their most difficult moments, offering guidance grounded in both lived experience and professional expertise.
Jen is honored to bring her voice, strength, and unwavering support to the Family Recovery Foundation—because every family deserves a chance to heal.

Prevention. Partnership. Perseverance
Shoulder-to-shoulder, hand-in-hand, together we stand. The Family Recovery Foundation is here to lend a helping hand when you're reaching out for help.
The Family Recovery Foundation is for Anyone because the disease of addiction affects Everyone.