Morgan Thompson, M.S.W., is the CEO of Prevention Links, a New Jersey-based nonprofit focused on substance use prevention and recovery support. Ms. Thompson was instrumental in the launch of the Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength and Hope Recovery High School, the first recovery high school in the state of New Jersey. Additionally, Ms. Thompson spearheaded the launch of the Experience Strength and Hope Recovery Center, an alternative peer group serving youth and emerging adults, and is the Co-Chair and Founder of the New Jersey Coalition for Addiction Recovery Support (NJ-CARS), New Jersey’s statewide Recovery Community Organization.
All of these innovative solutions to the addiction crisis were driven by passion and lived experience of addiction recovery. Ms. Thompson is a person in long-term recovery, having been alcohol and drug free since 2009. Ms. Thompson entered recovery at the age of 18 and speaks candidly about her experiences as an adolescent navigating the continuum of care and recovery support services. Ms. Thompson is a graduate of the Rutgers School of Social Work.
