Executive Director
Renea Salyer is the Executive Director for Inspire Indiana Inc. She brings extensive experience in nonprofit administration, management, sales, fundraising, marketing, grant writing, and public relations. A 38-year resident of Kosciusko County, Renea has served on various local boards and is a 2012-13 Kosciusko Leadership Academy graduate.
Prior to her current role, Renea served as Executive Director of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, where she maintained chamber memberships, recruited new members, coordinated fundraising events, and promoted the chamber's mission to enhance the community as an ideal place to live, work, shop, and play. She previously worked as Project Coordinator for Kosciusko Cares Youth Services from 2015 to 2018, focusing on building evidence-based programs aimed at preventing substance use among youth, writing grants, managing special projects, and coalition building.
Renea is passionate about substance use prevention. She believes that partnerships are the best way to reduce and ultimately end youth substance use. In her free time, Renea enjoys spending time with her family, boating, biking, gardening, and crafting.
PROGRAM MANAGER and KOSCIUSKO DRUG FREE COALITION COORDINATOR
Kelly works with schools and youth organizations with resiliency programs that educate youth to make healthy decisions regarding substance use.
She recently started working as the coordinator of the Kosciusko Drug Free Coalition and is a co-team leader for The Mom of an Addict Inc. Her passion includes helping families that have loved ones struggling with substance use disorder, bringing awareness to the addiction crisis and ending the stigma that comes with it.
Kelly has worked in the education field for 16 years. She's worked with children ages ranging for P-K all the way to 12 grade and has enjoyed working with every age group. She continues to educate herself on addiction and mental health and has received her CHW certification so that she can continue to offer support for those who are in need. Kelly believes that "everyone is recovering from something" and one of the most effective ways of healing is by sharing your purpose and getting involved!
In her free time, Kelly enjoys thrift shopping, creating beautiful spaces in her home and garden, and learning the guitar/ukulele. She also enjoys reading self-help books and diving into Bible Studies. Kelly believes that Warsaw is a beautiful community and is proud to say she has lived here most of her life.
PREVENTION SPECIALIST
Becca Wiley is a Certified Prevention Specialist with 25 years of dedicated experience in social work. Her career began in clinical treatment, where she spent nearly two decades supporting individuals navigating substance use and major mental health challenges. In 2017, Becca transitioned her focus toward upstream prevention, driven by a passion for proactive community care. It was incredibly rewarding to pivot toward proactive care that prevents these issues from arising in the first place.
She joined the Kosciusko Cares team in 2019 and earned her Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) credential in May 2020, a distinction she has proudly maintained. Becca specializes in implementing impactful programming and delivering essential resources to those who need them most. Grounded in the philosophy that it only takes one person to change the trajectory of a life, she is deeply committed to positively impacting youth and families.
