Yana Khashper - CEO and Co-Founder
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Yana was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker before starting ROCovery Fitness. She has an extensive background in working with trauma, mental health, eating disorders and addiction. Yana has worked at the New York City Fire Department Counseling Service Unit, Strong Behavioral Health and the Healing Connection. Fitness and the outdoors has transformed Yana’s life in recovery and she decided to share her passion with others. Yana is a Certified Peer Recovery Advocate as well as a Certified Personal Trainer (NASM). Yana was honored as one of the Rochester Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 recipients in 2018 as someone who excels both professionally and is actively involved in and giving back to the community. In addition, Yana was recognized with the ESL Jefferson Foundation award in 2018. Yana sits on the board for Delphi Rise, a drug and alcohol treatment center focusing on re-entry work. Yana also is a member of the Advisory Committee with Partners 4 Suicide Prevention, the Monroe County Opioid Task Force and the Council of Agency Executives.
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Matthew McGee - Operations Manager
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Matthew joined the ROCOVERY Fitness family in September 2019 as the Operations Manager. He spent the previous four years at Veterans Outreach Center in various Marketing and Development supervisory roles. Matthew is a proud retiree of the Rochester City Police Department and the United States Coast Guard where he was deployed in support of both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Matthew completed his graduate level certification in Project Management from Syracuse University and earned his Master’s in Public Administration from the State University of New York College at Brockport. Matthew is married to his wife Becky and they reside in the City of Rochester and have two adult children Joseph and Jordan.
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Lindsay Chambers - Development Director
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Lindsay joined ROCovery Fitness in May 2019 as Development Director. Lindsay is an experienced fundraiser and event organizer who has worked at other nonprofits in the community in various development roles for the last decade including NAMI Rochester, Women’s Foundation and most recently Veterans Outreach Center. She is an active member of the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Lindsay lives in Fairport with her husband, Greg and children Dylan and Leah.
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Sean Smith (Co-Founder)
Sean believes “waking up and moving” has been so incredibly helpful in his recovery. He has always considered himself an athlete and an extremely active person. However, that part of him was lost to years of alcohol abuse. Since getting sober, he has been able to rediscover the wonders of nature and those thrills he once found by being outside and exploring the world. Physical fitness and leading an active and healthy lifestyle have been extremely important to his recovery and provide him with the inner peace that had been missing for so long. He was born and raised in Rochester, NY and has been around the world throughout his last 16 years serving in the U.S. Army. He is a certified CrossFit level one instructor and runs high intensity strength training classes in ROCovery Fitness. Sean has recently graduated with an Associates Degree in Addictions Counseling and is a 2014 graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School. Like Yana, he too finds peace while out in the woods and by the water. This is why you will find that most of our events usually include one of the two. We plan to build a sober community of people who are committed to leading healthy and physically active lifestyles on their journey of recovery from addiction.
Sean believes “waking up and moving” has been so incredibly helpful in his recovery. He has always considered himself an athlete and an extremely active person. However, that part of him was lost to years of alcohol abuse. Since getting sober, he has been able to rediscover the wonders of nature and those thrills he once found by being outside and exploring the world. Physical fitness and leading an active and healthy lifestyle have been extremely important to his recovery and provide him with the inner peace that had been missing for so long. He was born and raised in Rochester, NY and has been around the world throughout his last 16 years serving in the U.S. Army. He is a certified CrossFit level one instructor and runs high intensity strength training classes in ROCovery Fitness. Sean has recently graduated with an Associates Degree in Addictions Counseling and is a 2014 graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School. Like Yana, he too finds peace while out in the woods and by the water. This is why you will find that most of our events usually include one of the two. We plan to build a sober community of people who are committed to leading healthy and physically active lifestyles on their journey of recovery from addiction.