The Team
Jenn Jones, Founder/Visionary
Education:
B.A. Communication Studies, Colorado State University
Certificate in Health Communication, University of Colorado, Denver
Why I founded Sober Livers:
In 2021, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis climbed from 11th to the 9th cause of death for Americans, killing more people than kidney disease (CDC). With alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) being the leading cause of these deaths, as well as the number one reason for liver transplants, I was spurred to take action!
Why I am prepared to lead Sober Liver:
As a professional Research, Communication, Dissemination, and Implementation, Program Manager, I have dynamic experience in government contracting, health communication, aerospace, new media, and supply chain. Demonstrating my agility, I have developed key partners through empathy, listening, and strategic communication, resulting in expansion to new and existing markets. As the visionary for Sober Livers, I am focused on connection, partnership dynamics, resilience training, storytelling, and health models and theories.
What is my personal connection:
As a survivor of severe interpersonal violence (IPV), I developed complex PTSD, drinking like many victims do, to numb the pain. At 46, I almost died from alcohol-induced hepatitis and decompensated liver cirrhosis. With a 30% chance of living, I felt alone, ashamed, and more afraid than I was when a brutal man stalked me across four states. If it wasn’t for my dog who needed me for his survival, I may have given up. With this short-term resolve, I was able to heal enough to discover meaning in my life — a purpose — ensuring others are not alone during this difficult journey.
Today, I have been safe from IPV since 2013, and sober since 2018. After taking inventory of my education, business acumen building multimillion-dollar partners in aerospace government contracting and supply chain management, and lived experience, I decided to dedicate my life to this purpose. In March 2023, I founded this novel program dedicated to helping people survive the diagnosis of ALD. With your support, we can help people with ALD find meaning in their lives, and with their care partners have the joy in life we all deserve!
Lindsey Moore, Principal Strategic Advisor, Advisory Committee Lead
Lindsey Moore serves as the Project Coordinator for Sober Livers and is the Lead of the organization’s Patient Advisory Committee. In this dual role, she guides patient-centered program development, supports strategic initiatives, and helps ensure that lived experience remains at the core of Sober Livers’ mission and decision-making.
Lindsey’s background includes a complex medical journey marked by early substance exposure, escalating alcohol use, multiple misdiagnoses, and ultimately liver failure in 2020. She was later diagnosed with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), a rare autoimmune neurological disorder. Despite being told she would never walk again, Lindsey rebuilt her mobility and independence through determination, rehabilitation, and a deep commitment to recovery.
Her lived expertise has informed and strengthened several Sober Livers initiatives, including her identification of the need for—and leadership in launching—the Six Sessions program, which provides structured connection and peer support for community members. Lindsey also mentors sober youth through her local CrossFit gym and is pursuing training to become an addiction counselor.
Through her leadership, insight, and compassion, Lindsey contributes significantly to Sober Livers’ efforts to support individuals and families navigating alcohol-associated and metabolic liver disease. She approaches her work with professionalism, empathy, and a deep commitment to creating meaningful, evidence-informed peer support within the liver community.
To read more about Lindsey’s personal story, please click the button below. (The linked article was written prior to her transition into the Project Coordinator role.)
Come back soon! We are adding to our team, including our Cultural and Spiritual Advisor, Francesca James. Also, we will introduce our
Whole Health Advisory Council. If you are a medical provider and would like to learn more about becoming a member of our advisory team, please send an email to JennJones@SoberLivers.org.
Six Sessions to Stay Festive-Not Fermented
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