Code Recover is an educational platform that helps Emergency Departments integrate peer support and medication-assisted treatment into opioid use disorder care, closing a critical gap in one of the most important moments in a person's recovery journey. The platform provides evidence-based resources for both ED clinicians and Recovery Peer Support Specialists, including articles, quick-reference guides, a video library, and a national peer-clinician directory. Liz authored the clinical and peer content in close collaboration with Clinician and Peer Advisory Councils, and oversaw the project from concept through launch. Code Recover is an initiative of Mobilize Recovery, developed in partnership with PCSS-MOUD, Bridge, and the Opioid Response Network, with major funding from the Independent Emergency Room Physicians Trust.
Launching soon – AlcoholUseDisorder.org is a comprehensive, independent guide to understanding, treating, and recovering from alcohol use disorder, currently in development and funded by the Peter G. Dodge Foundation. With distinct units for people seeking treatment, those in early recovery, and those wishing to change their relationship with alcohol, the site offers evidence-based information and practical tools grounded in the full spectrum of recovery approaches. Unlike many online resources in this space, AlcoholUseDisorder.org accepts no advertising revenue and makes no referrals to treatment providers — its only goal is to give users the context and structure to make informed decisions about their own lives.
Liz conceived the project and is leading its development end to end: researching and writing all content, designing the site's structure and user experience, and working with her web team on design and content organization. The site aims to be a comprehensive, navigable guide to AUD, bringing together the best existing resources in the field and making them accessible for people at every stage.
Campus Surge 2025, an initiative of Mobilize Recovery, was a national campaign bringing behavioral health, substance use prevention, and recovery programming to college campuses across the country — 16 events in 15 states, reaching more than 6,500 students, faculty, and community members. Co-chaired by Jelly Roll, Melissa Etheridge, and Darren Waller, and sponsored by organizations including Meta and iHeart Media, the initiative required coordinating 40+ partners and stakeholders to deliver tailored programming for each campus. Liz served as the primary partner coordinator, working directly with host institutions to assess their needs, and aligning national partners and sponsors to provide requested content and speakers.
Operation Understanding is a national initiative marking the 50th anniversary of a landmark moment in the recovery movement, when 50 courageous Americans publicly shared their recovery stories for the first time, helping transform addiction from a moral failing into a public health issue. Now, Mobilize Recovery is honoring that legacy with a year of grassroots and flagship events bringing communities together around recovery, stigma reduction, and public awareness. Liz is coordinating flagship events in Nebraska, Montana, Louisiana, and Maryland, working with local community partners to develop tailored programming for each, as well as managing a marquee national virtual conference on December 9th, a daylong event bringing together national partners and celebrity guests.
Mobilize Recovery is one of the most important convening forces in the addiction and recovery field, bringing together advocates, nonprofits, government partners, and community organizations through annual events and year-round programming. In 2024, Liz conducted a comprehensive strategic analysis of the organization — interviewing all staff, reviewing public-facing materials and strategic documents, and embedding with the Mobilize team throughout their national bus tour to gain firsthand understanding of operations and partnerships. The engagement included coordinating elected official outreach for tour stops across eight states in partnership with Meta and other national sponsors, contributing to communications strategy and website development, and producing a final report with recommendations across five areas: succession planning, communications, partner relations, year-round programming, and organizational infrastructure.
CMC: Foundation for Change is a nonprofit organization built around the Invitation to Change (ITC), a pioneering helping framework for families of people with substance use disorder that draws on evidence-based methodologies to offer a compassionate, science-grounded alternative to the punitive, detachment-based approaches that have long dominated the field.
In 2026, Liz conducted a comprehensive strategic analysis of the organization — interviewing all staff and leadership and reviewing all public-facing materials, programs, and organizational documents. The resulting report provided recommendations across four areas: organizational identity and brand, mission and program language, audience reach and partnership strategy, and staffing and fundraising infrastructure. Originally scoped as an audience-building engagement, the project evolved through conversations with leadership into a broader strategic analysis addressing the foundational work the organization needed most.
Liz founded the Community Partners Network (CPN) in 2020 during her embedded role at Partnership to End Addiction, building it to more than 250 member organizations across 43 states, with a prospect database of more than 2,000 entries. When she transitioned out of that role, she wanted to ensure the program would survive and thrive without her, so she awarded Partnership one of PGDF's first Technical Assistance Partnership grants to do exactly that. Over 2024-25, Liz worked with leadership to reimagine CPN for its next phase — updating mission and program language, redesigning procedures, and completing a thorough handoff to new staff. By the end of 2025, the network had grown to 371 members and was positioned as a foundational element of Partnership's five-year strategic plan.
Raising Resilient Kids grew out of two things: a landmark prevention report by Partnership to End Addiction's research team, and a legacy program called Family Day, originally created around research showing that family dinners are a significant protective factor against substance use. When Partnership researcher Dr. Linda Richter published a sweeping new report on earlier, broader approaches to substance use prevention, Liz saw an opportunity to revive the Family Day spirit by convening partners around its findings and translating them into something parents could use at home. The result was a parent-friendly guide that distills the science of positive child development into practical, accessible language, along with a panel discussion moderated by journalist Elizabeth Vargas, bringing together national experts Linda had identified as key voices in the field. Liz conceived the project, managed its development with subject matter experts and content staff, coordinated the partner panel, and oversaw the webinar production.
When Peter Dodge and Liz co-founded PGDF in 2014, alcohol use disorder was — and largely remains — a neglected area of the addiction field, with few dedicated funding sources and limited public awareness. The Mission Grants program was Liz's answer to that gap: an innovative grant program she designed from scratch, dedicated exclusively to alcohol use disorder. The program was built around a three-part framework: Options, Awareness, and Access — surfacing new treatment options, advancing public understanding of AUD, and facilitating direct access to care. Liz approached grantmaking as a collaborative process, often reaching out to potential grantees to develop ideas together over months or years, building relationships that frequently extended into second grants and long-term partnerships. She designed the full program infrastructure, from the streamlined application and reporting process to a rigorous expert review method modeled on NIH and SAMHSA standards.
Active from 2014 to 2023, Mission Grants invested over $2.4M — reaching more than 100,000 people through public education, funding three innovative pilot studies on novel AUD treatments, supporting training for an estimated 800 addiction field leaders, and sponsoring treatment access for approximately 1,000 people.
Most foundations give money. PGDF's Technical Assistance Partnerships program gave something rarer: time and expertise. The idea grew out of Liz's embedded work with Partnership to End Addiction, where she saw firsthand how much an organization could accomplish with a trusted, knowledgeable partner working alongside them, not just advising from the outside. TAPs formalized that model, offering pro-bono technical assistance to national nonprofits in the addiction and recovery field.
The model addressed a particular need: nonprofits in the addiction field are chronically understaffed, and even when they secure funding, they face an impossible choice between hiring permanent staff they can't sustain or engaging consultants who deliver reports without implementation. TAPs offered a third option — a trusted, embedded partner who could get things done. Every organization that received a TAPs award responded with immediate clarity about what they needed most, and the projects that followed proved the model worked. Over three years, PGDF completed five TAPs projects before the program transitioned into the work of Cygnet Projects.

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Successful projects include:

Code Recover

AlcoholUseDisorder.org

Campus Surge 2025

Operation Understanding 2026

Mobilize Recovery Strategic Analysis

CMC Foundation for Change Strategic Analysis

Community Partners Network

Raising Resilient Kids

PGDF Mission Grants

Technical Assistance Partnerships (TAPs)

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