MEET OUR HONORARY CHAIR

Former OSU football Coach and President Emeritus Youngstown State University.
Jim is passionate about creating a healthy workforce and extending opportunities to those who are seeking to rebuild their lives. We are honored that he supports this work and has devoted time in his schedule to be with us. Jim toured the Emerge last year and was impressed by the vision of the founders in connecting substance use treatment with workforce development to support success in long-term recovery. A fitting Tressel saying goes like this “Your goals are constantly revised according to circumstance, but your purpose, your real reason for being, that supersedes everything.”