Serenity Springs Connection CEO Trudy Hodges steps down 

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In the five years that Trudy Strewler Hodges has been the CEO of Serenity Recovery Connection, clients have ballooned from 600 served when she started the job to 5,000 participants today.

The demand for the peer-to-peer coaching the organization provides for people entering or in recovery is a testament to the pervasiveness of substance abuse, and the essential role the nonprofit plays in helping people regain control of their lives, she said. “I’ve learned far more than I’ve ever given,” Hodges said before being feted at a retirement party held Thursday. “It’s been a wonderful, moving and compassionate adventure, and I’ve loved the journey.”

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