Executive Director
Zoe Grover is the Executive Director of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative. As Director, she has transformed the organization from a locally known training provider, to a nationally recognized thought leader in the field of deflection, successfully providing training and technical assistance for public safety teams across the United States.
Prior to serving in that role, she worked in the nonprofit public health sector for nearly a decade. She has a successful track record in policy advocacy, serving as a lead advocate for Massachusetts’ bipartisan comprehensive gun legislation of 2014, 2017 and 2018. She has extensive experience in organizing, public awareness and communications. She served as a principal organizer for multiple nationwide advocacy actions, including the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, a nationwide event which included over 350 simultaneous local events and 5,000 performers in its first year.
She was a founding board member of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative and has served on the boards of the States United to Prevent Gun Violence, the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and the Louisiana Violence Reduction Coalition. She is known in New York City for her advocacy work related to early childhood education and community stakeholder building. She currently serves on the Columbia Street Waterfront Association board. As a proud Oregonian, she attended law school at Lewis And Clark Law School and received her bachelors from the University of Oregon. Most recently she received a graduate certificate in nonprofit management from Harvard.
