Morgan Thompson is a local graduate from the College of Saint Rose with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Forensic Psychology. She has a long-standing background working with at-risk youth in community outreach long before finding her niche in rehabilitation and recovery. Her efforts have helped emerging adults establish their role in determining what is both required and desired to achieve the change they want to see, and even be, in their communities. She is confident that her knowledge and skill-set will help to continue achieving the goals set out by the young advocates of Youth Voices Matter.

Morgan first started her work at a small wellness camp for inner-city children ages 12-18 to identify that there are options and resources available to them despite what they might have been told or even believed was possible for themselves. Being a mentee in, and then later a mentor for, this same program allowed her the opportunity to see how peer-to-peer advocacy and youth voice collaboratives can truly make huge impacts on sustainable change in various communities, and is what drove her to wanting to pursue a career in advocacy and human services after high school.

Since graduating, in 2021, she has continued to work in mental health and human services to aid in providing stellar resources so people can have easier access to the wellness and health care options they believe best fits their needs. Morgan has joined FOR-NY in hopes of continuing this same support in advocacy, de-stigmatization, and delivery of compassionate care to the youth in recovery.

Rowan Willis-Gorman is an experienced systems transformation advocate with special interests in young adult peers, the LGBTQ community, and ensuring that everyone receives appropriate and individualized care when they are experiencing suicidal ideation.
Rowan is a part of the C4 Innovations team as a member of Center for Youth Wellbeing. There they work to ensure that voices of lived experiences are at the forefront of all the work being done, whether it be helping to grow the Project Amp program, train and supervise Youth Wellness Coaches, and support states as they redevelop or create new peer curriculums for peer certifications.
Rowan is an experienced facilitator and curriculum developer and has been invited as an expert speaker to numerous expert convenings to share her experiences and knowledge about suicidal ideation, crisis services, and youth voice. Rowan was the previous board president for Youth Move National and is the 2024 Paula Hamburger Child Advocacy Award winner.

Sharon Dursi Martin is the founding principal of Harmony Academy Recovery High School in Portland, established in 2019. Her work is driven by her belief in the power of education and recovery to transform lives. Sharon joined the ADPC in late 2025,
bringing to the Commission her experience as a school administrator and as a person in long term recovery.

Sharon serves on the Oregon Recovery School Advisory Council and is the Vice Chair of the Association of Recovery Schools. Sharon graduated from the Educational Leadership Program as well as from the Equity Leadership Fellows Program at the University of Oregon. She received her MA in Teaching from Pacific University and a BA from Bryn Mawr College.