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Will Eberle, MPA, founder of Mission Driver, trains, consults, speaks, and informs policy nationally. Will has completed the Public Narrative program at the Harvard Kennedy School for Executive Education. He is a Curtis Scholar with a Masters of Public Administration degree from Norwich University and a Bachelors of Psychology degree from Johnson State College in Vermont. Will has completed the Vermont Agency of Human Services Leadership Academy and is a graduate of the Snelling School of Government’s Vermont Leadership Institute - class of 2023.
Will is the Director of Weatherization and Climate Impact at Capstone Community Action and the Executive Director of Alyssum, a peer support based holistic respite in Rochester, Vermont. He served for two years as the Executive Director of The Vermont Association of Mental Health and Addiction Recovery aka "Recovery Vermont"- Vermont's largest non-profit state-wide mental health and addiction recovery organization. Previously, Will was a Field Director at the Vermont Agency of Human Services for six years and an Executive Director and peer support counselor at Another Way, a Montpelier, Vermont-based mental health drop-in center for six years. He started his human services career as a street outreach worker and at-risk youth trainer and mentor.
Will is a person in recovery who has overcome abuse, deep poverty, homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges.
Key Accomplishments
Provided Congressional testimony on Mental Health Peer Support and Substance Use Disorder Recovery on Capitol Hill in Washington DC to expand mental health funding and administrative flexibility nationally.
Represented Vermont on Mental Health America's National Policy Council.
Led the four year implementation of Vermont's innovative and nation-leading SAMHSA Mental Health Transformation grant.
National TA provider and trainer for SAMHSA BRSS TACS, Center for Social Innovation, and Advocates for Human Potential.
Co-founder and Executive Leadership Team member of The Regional Investment in Eudaimonia (THRIVE) - Washington County, Vermont's Accountable Community for Health.
Secured community support and ongoing funding for Lamoille County Vermont's first homeless shelter - The Lamoille Community House.
2018 Washington County Mental Health Services Community Partner award.
Key informant and legislatively-appointed work-group member on Vermont's Roadmap to End Homelessness.
Presented on lived experience and economic empowerment for the Vermont Council on Rural Development's Vermont Proposition launch.
Provided the keynote address for the Jewish Communities of Greater Stowe's 2022 Teach-in on Housing and Homelessness summit.
Provided the keynote address for Tennessee's 2016 statewide supportive employment conference.
Provided the Keynote for New England Educational Opportunity Association's 2024 Annual Conference.
Community and Family
In an effort to pay forward the opportunities he has been given forward, Will currently serves on his local school board and the Vermont Food Bank board. Will coached youth baseball and soccer in his community for many years.
Will lives in Northfield, Vermont with his wife, three children, and four-legged trail running partner.
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