About
About
About
Services
Services
Services
Staff
STEPHANIE TOMPKINS
Director
Stephanie is an enrolled elder of the Squaxin Island Tribe and identifies as a person in long-term recovery who is passionate about helping others achieve their goals. She has over sixteen years’ experience in addiction treatment and twelve years in peer services. Her work experience includes Director for Northwest Indian Treatment Center and Thunderbird Residential Center. She has been involved in projects to offer recovery support and peer services to clients and tribes and is a Recovery Coach and Ethics in Coaching trainer. She has worked with most of the tribes in Washington State in some capacity through referrals, recovery coaching and as a co-founder of the Washington Recovery Alliance, where she served as a board member and a full-term as board president.
BRI MCNELEY
Program Manager
Growing up in Montesano, WA, Bri has lived in multiple cities/towns in Washington, Sacramento, and Costa Rica but settled in Olympia. There, she has raised three kids, two dogs, four cats, 16 chickens, three ducks, and one lizard with her husband, Jay. Bri loves gardening, food preservation (canning, fermenting, etc), camping, mushroom and plant foraging, reading, and watching British murder mystery shows.
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Bri attended the University of Washington and studied Psychology to understand her struggles with bipolar disorder, anxiety, and PTSD. She started peer coaching with Peer Olympia and realized peer work allowed her to draw on her education but, more importantly, utilize her lived experiences to help others. Bri now serves on the Pregnant and Parenting Work Group for the Thurston County Opioid Response Task Force and facilitates support groups at Peer Olympia, including Parents in Recovery.
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Bri started binge drinking at 14 to cope with PTSD and anxiety. At 21, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and started using opiates and cocaine. Eventually becoming unhoused, Bri became pregnant with her first child and moved back to Olympia. She was able to quit abusing drugs and alcohol during her pregnancy, but her mental health challenges carried on for many years. She eventually found peace through meditative and mindfulness practices, DBT, therapy, and support from her family and friends. While she still struggles with her PTSD, Bri has never experienced joy and contentment the way she does now.
CLOE NOMIC
Peer Services Specialist
Cloe was born and raised in Venice, California. She has lived in Olympia for five years. Even though she misses the sun, she is excited to utilize her lived experience through Peer Services. Cloe has been in recovery from her alcoholism for six years.
NICOLE GEORGE
Peer Services Specialist
Nicole-Raean George serves as a Peer Services Specialist as the Peer Recovery Coaching Lead at Peer Olympia. She is a proud pansexual Filipina woman in long-term recovery from alcoholism and complex trauma. Born in Washington State, she has lived across the Philippines, Singapore, and Japan, where she experienced both cultural richness and profound challenges, including housing instability, family incarceration, addiction, and trauma. Surviving cancer, domestic violence, and codependency shaped her understanding of healing and the importance of safe, empowering spaces. Her healing journey is grounded in holistic and spiritual practices, such as yoga, mindfulness, and creative expression, reminding her that healing is sacred and deeply personal.
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After returning to the U.S. at 15, Nicole-Raean was reunited with her mother and faced PTSD and mental health challenges. Following hospitalization after a suicide attempt, she entered the foster care system and spent years searching for belonging and purpose. Through resilience and curiosity, she found her voice and, ultimately, herself—leading her to Peer Olympia, where she now walks beside others on their healing journeys.​
She is a Certified Behavioral Specialist, Peer Counselor, and Nursing Assistant with experience in hospice and disability support. Currently pursuing her Master’s in Psychology for Clinical Mental Health Counseling, her goal is to become an LMHC serving trauma survivors and at-risk youth. Inspired by her own journey, Nicole-Raean dreams of opening a nonprofit youth center integrating peer support, mental health care, and holistic development for adolescents to heal, grow, and build confidence.
FAWN LADE
Peer Services Specialist
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NEAL BUCKNER
Peer Services Specialist
Neal is a NW native, having grown up in Eugene, Oregon, until 1984, then living throughout the South Puget Sound since. The father of 3 adult children with Grandchildren. He is a veteran of Desert Storm and a retired Respiratory Therapist. Neal has been living in Olympia since 2011 and finds the slower pace and energy to his liking. He is a lifelong learner. He has gained international accreditation and certification in Clinical Hypnotherapy, DBT, CBT, REBT, NLP, trauma-informed therapy, and mediation practitioner and instructor, along with a dozen or so other holistic therapy practices. He became a Cert. Peer Support specialist in 2025. He is an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and can not stand to see anyone being bullied.
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Neal’s background is diverse. He has been a foreman for the family construction business, a licensed Respiratory care practitioner starting at the age of 19, clinical supervisor for a large home durable medical equipment company, territory manager covering 5 states for a medical manufacturing company, business owner of a printer ink supply and repair company, and independent consultant, staff therapist, and owner of a hypnotherapy practice, to name a few. He enjoys DIY projects and finds joy in repairing and creating, from cars to art.
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Neal had an issue with prescription medication in his 20s and early 30s. He has been free and clear of narcotics for over 20 years now. He feels very fortunate to have this opportunity to provide compassion, inclusion, and acceptance to the folks of Olympia through Peer Olympia.
LOLA MYKISEN
Peer Services Specialist
Lola is indigenous to the North Americas, with Cherokee and Yaqui ancestry. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, she finds her greatest peace in nature—whether camping, hiking, or sitting by the water.
Lola is a survivor of profound adversity throughout her lifetime and has lived with complex
PTSD, depression, eating disorders, and other challenges. She understands firsthand the
weight of grief, violence, hardship, and addiction, and continues to draw strength from
resilience, faith, and community.
Her lived experience fuels her passion for walking alongside others in their recovery. At Peer Olympia, Lola offers compassion, honesty, and hope, reminding people that healing is messy, sacred, and never meant to be done alone.