Executive Director
Robin Keener
Ms. Keener has completed coursework at Towson University and Harford Community College in business administration.
Ms. Keener has served as the Executive Director of Homecoming Project since 2006. Her primary responsibilities are to supervise all staff, direct the financial management of Homecoming Project, and administer the operation of the corporation.
Ms. Keener's previous employment experience consists of a ten-year management career at two of the Baltimore area's top sporting goods retailers, and fourteen years as manager of the Bel Air location for retailer Things Remembered. While with that company, she received the Top Manager Award 5 times between 1994 and 2003.
Ms. Keener is certified by the State of Maryland to manage Homecoming Project as a Level III.1 - Clinically managed Low-Intensity Residential Service. She is Red Cross certified in CPR, and carries a Swimming Pool Operator's license.
Ms. Keener is a member of the Harford County Roundtable (Continuum of Care System), the St. Margaret's Drug Awareness Committee, and the Harford County Chamber of Commerce. She is also a board member on the Harford County Drug Addiction Council.
Clinical Director
Micki Thomas
Micki Thomas is certified through the State of Maryland as an addictions counselor and through the CENAPS Corporation as a Certified Relapse Prevention Specialist. She has been affiliated with Father Martin's Ashley, a treatment center for chemical dependency and alcoholism located in Havre de Grace, Maryland, since 1983. Micki, recently retired from Ashley, and devotes her time to working with the residents of Homecoming.
Micki has an extensive background in education and treatment of the addicted person, and helped to develop and implement the relapse prevention program at Ashley. She has also developed an educational program for young children whose parent(s) are alcoholic or chemically dependent. Micki has facilitated many workshops and training events for the recovering community, professionals in the field of addiction, and the alumni of Ashley.
Administrative Assistant
Anne Sumler
Besides supervising the house manager and senior resident, making recommendations for hiring, monitoring residents' behavior, plus coordinating weekly in-house educational activity for the residents, Anne Sumler also develops, coordinates and monitors compliance with program policies and procedures within The Homecoming Project, Inc. Anne is currently pursuing an Associates of Arts degree in Certified Addictions Counseling at Harford Community College and is also interning with Micki Thomas.