Matt Boggs
Executive Director, Recovery Point West Virginia
MATT BOGGS has never met a stranger.
His strong work ethic, outgoing person-
ality and ability to develop meaningful
relationships serve him well in his role
as executive director of Recovery Point
West Virginia. He has always been at ease
meeting and talking to people no matter
the circumstances, and overseeing the
largest addiction recovery support pro-
vider in West Virginia, he is often meeting
and encouraging people during one of
the hardest times of their lives.
“My job is tough—I see the debilitating
effects addiction has on families and
communities,” he says. “However, I
am also witness to more than 400 men
and women who have found recovery,
transformed their lives and reunited with
their families. To know that I’ve played a
small part in someone’s recovery, whether
directly or indirectly, is gratifying and
the most enjoyable part of my job.”
While Boggs’ good nature and com-
passion go a long way with Recovery
Point participants, it is his personal
experience with addiction that makes
him their ideal advocate.
“The biggest challenge I have faced
in my life is the substance use disorder
that inhibited my ability to be the person
God intended me to be,” he says. “Now
approaching seven years of recovery, my
story has provided me with a platform
to spread a message of hope, help shape
policy, serve those without a voice, marry
my wife and begin raising our beautiful
daughter.”
Boggs’ time at Recovery Point has
not only meant overcoming his greatest
challenge but also achieving his greatest
success, which he believes to be expanding
services to women.
“Initially, Recovery Point only had res-
idential beds for men,” he says. “I am so
proud to say that services are now offered
in both Huntington and Charleston for
more than 150 West Virginia women at
Recovery Point facilities.”
A true servant, Boggs’ passion for
people is not limited to his work life.
He is also dedicated to serving his com-
munity. “Living in a community is much
more than just being a homeowner or
residing in a city—it is being an active
participant in that community,” he says.
“Giving of our time and talents is what
we are supposed to do.”
Boggs is a member of the Rotary Club
of Huntington, the Fairfield Alliance,
Generation Huntington, Congressman
Evan Jenkins’ substance abuse advisory
committee, the SAMHSA Region III
workforce development team and the
Cabell-Huntington Health Department’s
harm reduction advisory committee.
He has also served as a member of the
drug policy committee on Governor Jim
Justice’s transition team, Governor Earl
Ray Tomblin’s Regional Substance Abuse
Task Force, National Council on Alco-
holism and Drug Dependence’s Facing
Addiction and the Bringing Recovery
Supports to Scale Technical Assistance
Center Strategy Academy. He has also
invested time and talent in the Cabell
County Substance Abuse and Prevention
Partnership, West Virginia Certification
Board for Addiction & Prevention Pro-
fessionals, Faces & Voices of Recovery
and U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin’s
heroin round table, and he served as an
adjunct professor for Mountwest Com-
munity & Technical College’s Peer Re-
covery Certification.
He has participated in numerous public
forums on addiction and also volunteers
with One by One Animal Advocates,
a nonprofit organization that works to
eliminate euthanasia at local animal
shelters. Since 2012, Boggs and his wife,
Megan, have fostered more than 40
dogs and adopted three—Sonny, Bo and
Patches. In 2017, Boggs was named a
West Virginian of the Year for his service
to his community.
Despite growing up right across the
border in Ashland, KY, Boggs and his
family have chosen to make their home and
their mission field here in West Virginia
due to the kindness, commitment and love
of its people. “As a transplant, I didn’t
adopt West Virginia. It adopted me.”
Boggs outside of Old Main on
the campus of Marshall University.
“The two most important days in
your life are the day you are born
and the day you find out why.”
– Mark Twain
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