Executive Director
Arizona Peer and Family Career Academy
BUCKEYE, Arizona
Hayley Winterberg is our Executive Director for Arizona Peer and Family Career Academy. In this role she ensures that we are elevating the peer and family support workforce, offering consulting services to support organizational growth to providers, and supporting the peer and family support network. She is passionate about advancing the utilization of peer and family support throughout our health care system to make a positive impact.
Hayley has a long-standing passion for collaborating in Arizona. In 2008, Hayley cofounded MY LIFE (Magellan Youth Leaders Inspiring Future Empowerment) which started with 10 members and at the first event attracted over 3,000 participants. Since then, she has traveled all over the United States to speak, organize events, and inspire similar groups supporting behavioral health and substance abuse.
Prior to joining the AzPFCA, Hayley was the System Transformation Manager for Magellan/Molina Complete Care of Arizona focused on transforming the systems with lived experience perspectives. Hayley was the Development and Young Adult Center Manager for a local peer run organization. Additionally, Hayley has more than 10 years’ experience as a private consultant for social service organizations in the areas of project management, strategic planning, recruiting, policy development, marketing, training, and public speaking.
Hayley is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2010, “M Power” award from Mental Health America for being the top youth advocate for mental health in the 50 states; the 2015, Young Adult Leadership award by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA); the 2016, Servant Leader Champion award from The Faithful City; and the 2019 Elsie Eyer CUP (Commitment to Under-served Populations) Award from the Arizona Public Health Association. In 2021, she received the Disruptive Innovator award from the National Association of Peer Supporters.
Hayley earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a Master’s in Leadership from Grand Canyon University, and a Bachelor’s in Human Services with a concentration in management from University of Phoenix. She lives in Buckeye, Arizona with her husband, son and foster son.
A8 - The Power of Lived Experience Professional Development
Monday, April 15, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT