Lorraine has been a board member for LifeRing Secular Recovery for five years now. During her first year, she led the training and development committee to host the 2018 annual conference in Denver, Colorado where she lives. At that event, she was asked to be the board chair which she agreed to for three years. This year she is the board secretary. Lorraine also serves on the Colorado Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council. This group works to help determine how and where state funds are allocated for SUD and mental health services. Professionally, she is an HR consultant having held several human resources management positions including Regional Vice President of HR. Her Master's degree in Organizational Performance and Change from Colorado State University helps out in all situations. June 17 of this year will be the 8th anniversary of Lorraine's last drink which led to a DUI (even though she wasn't driving at the time). More importantly, thats when she realized that she needed to find a recovery community where she could create a long-term, personal sobriety plan and actually follow it. Lorraine credits and thanks LifeRing Secular Recovery for that! She loves connecting with participants in the two weekly online "How Was Your Week" meetings that she convenes.