Meet Our Board

MEREDITH MEURER

President

Meredith Meurer grew up in the Houston area and landed in the Austin area after college. Meredith graduated from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and also has a Master's degree in Professional Counseling.

Meredith spent 10 years of her counseling career working in adolescent residential treatment for substance use disorders as a therapist, Clinical Supervisor and Program Director. She has also worked in young adult intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs.

Meredith currently serves as the Director of Revolution Youth and Family Recovery and oversees the recovery high school and youth and family support programs. She is passionate about advocating for adolescent recovery services and non-profit programs.

Meredith and her husband, Chris, live in San Marcos, TX and enjoy spending the weekends exploring the hill country and training their Australian Shephard puppy, Beau.

LAWRENCE SPAIN

Vice President

Lawrence.spain@yahoo.com 512.789.4017

Lawrence has worked in the field of Substance Use Disorder since 2018, when he founded Spain Sober Living in Austin as a result of the loss of a loved one due to both Substance Use Disorder and mental illness. After this happened, Lawrence felt empowered to serve this population and to do more for his own community. As the Diversity and Inclusion chair of Austin TAAP, Lawrence is able to connect with folks from various walks of life to help them remember that we have all obstacles to face, and to support them changing their lives for the better.

Kyle W. Withrow

Co-Secretary

kyle.withrow@lifepointhealth.net 512.639.3765

Our Board Co-Secretary has held the position of Business Development Specialist at Rock Springs Hospital in Georgetown, TX, since June 18. Kyle has been a member of the Recovery Community for since July 2005 and has worked in the Recovery field since moving to Austin in 2012. One of his true professional passions is helping others to understand the crossover between Mental Health issues and Substance Use Disorder.

Kyle attended San Diego State University in Childhood Development and Psychology. After his time in San Diego , he moved to Los Angeles to join an Investment Group where he specialized in Branding, Marketing, and Business Development. Upon moving to Austin, Kyle redirected his background in Sales, Marketing, and Branding toward the Recovery Community.

As a father of two sons, his passion is showing them the world firsthand by traveling the world and instilling wanderlust into their hearts. By seeing the world and experiencing new cultures and ways of life to encourage them to grow into compassionate and open-minded human beings.

Steven Long

Treasurer

steven.long@infiniterecovery.com 512-800-9262

Steven has worked in the field of recovery since 2012. He started in the field as tech, and worked his way up to to become a Recovery Specialist, the Director of Recovery Services and then Director of Operations at a high accountability sober living organization, and now he is the Director of Operations at Infinite Recovery.

As an addict in 12 step recovery, I’m very passionate about 12 step work and the Power that I have gained a relationship with through the 12 step process. Through that process God has renewed and polished many things in my life, the number one thing is my family. I have a beautiful, supportive wife, and two amazing children.