7th Annual Recovery Ecosystems Conference:

Join the Movement to Strengthen New Jersey’s Recovery Ecosystem

Ready to move from evidence to action?

Join recovery leaders, peer professionals, providers, advocates, policymakers, researchers, and community champions from across the state at the 7th Annual Recovery Ecosystems Conference (RECO2026) — New Jersey’s essential gathering for those committed to building a stronger, more connected recovery system.

Hosted at Seton Hall University on March 7, 2026, RECO2026 brings together the full continuum of care under one roof to explore this year’s theme:

“From Evidence to Action: Building a Stronger Recovery Ecosystem.”

Since its inception, RECO has served as a unifying space where lived experience meets research, and where collaboration fuels progress. This year, we are proud to introduce a dedicated Recovery Housing Track (Sponsored by GSARR) — expanding the conversation around stable housing as a critical pillar of sustainable recovery.

You’ll leave with fresh insights, practical tools, and powerful connections to help strengthen recovery across New Jersey.

Why Attend?

• Earn CEUs for CPRS, CPS, CCS, CJC, LCADC, CADC, LPC, and LMFT credentials while gaining practical tools you can immediately apply in your work.
• Learn from nationally recognized leaders in recovery research and practice.
• Connect with peers and partners who are shaping recovery-ready communities.
• Explore innovative approaches to harm reduction, advocacy, equity, and system integration.
• Free professional headshots to strengthen your professional image.

Who Should Attend?

RECO2026 is designed for those committed to strengthening recovery systems and expanding access to care:

• Peer Recovery Specialists & Recovery Community Organizations
• Behavioral Health Providers & Clinicians
• Recovery Housing Operators & Advocates
• Public Health Leaders
• Policymakers & Systems Administrators
• Researchers & Academics
• Community-Based Organizations
• Individuals with Lived Experience and Family Members

Questions? Please contact Mariel Hufnagel (she/her), Conference Coordinator – mhufnagel@preventionlinks.org

RECO2026 Keynote Speakers

Dr. Corrie Vilsaint

Serves as on faculty at Harvard Medical School and as the Associate Director of Recovery Health Equity at the Recovery Research Institute. As a community psychologist and an international speaker, her research focuses on racial health equity in substance use disorders, reducing recovery-related discrimination, building recovery capital, and the effectiveness of recovery support services.

Dr. David Best

Dr. Best is Professor and Director of the Centre for Addiction Recovery Research (CARR) at Leeds Trinity University, Honorary Professor of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University, Adjunct Associate Professor of Addiction Science at Monash University (Melbourne) and Affiliate Senior Scientist at the Public Health Institute in California. He is also a founding member of the College of Lived Experience Recovery Organisations in the UK and of the Inclusive Recovery Cities Movement where he is chair of Inclusive Recovery Cities UK. Trained as a psychologist and criminologist, he has worked in practice, research, and policy in the areas of addiction recovery and rehabilitation of offenders. He has authored or co-edited eight books on addiction recovery and desistance from offending, and has written more than 250 peer reviewed journal publications and around 70 book chapters and technical reports. As of December 2024, he has an H-index of 44 and a total of 7,005 citations of his academic work. He is one of the leading academics in the area of addiction recovery and a key innovator in developing recovery capital measurement tools and methods. In April 2025, “The Handbook of Recovery Capital” will be published by Bristol University Press (edited by David Best and Emily Hennessy) which will summarise the existing and emerging evidence around the concept of recovery capital.

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