The four field managers for this ambitious new program will discuss all aspects of the project, focusing on the implementation successes to date. This is a program with such vision and passion for peer support that it is possible for people who have the lived experience of mental illness to gain support through peer-run groups, which have the same structure coast to coast. The project is supported through a charitable contribution by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.

• Tracie Zavatsky, manager, Area 1, NAMI Connection: Recovery Support Group, Newington, CT
• Pat Taff, manager, Area 2, NAMI Connection: Recovery Support Group, St. Simon’s Island, GA
• Anna Goodwin, manager, Area 3, NAMI Connection: Recovery Support Group, Davenport, IA
• Harriet Kronick, manager, Area 4, NAMI Connection: Recovery Support Group, Phoenix, AZ
• Moderator: Kathryn Cohan McNulty, director, Recovery Education and Support, NAMI National, Pascoag, RI