Executive Director
Orlando, FL
Peer Support Space, Inc.
Date Posted: 2/24/2026
Peer Support Space is a grassroots peer-led organization that is 100% led for and by those with lived experience. All of our services and advocacy initiatives are led for and by those the services are intended for. We recognize that holding aspects of identity and experience that diverge from the dominant societal and cultural standards can be distressing, oppressive, and challenging. In our care work, we center those who are too often pushed to the margins, reclaiming the power we hold respectively as peers, and lead with consent and compassion.
We consciously create spaces that strive to nurture those who have navigated grief, trauma, madness, disability, or other life experiences that deserve intentional space for connection and support. We celebrate the ways in which we relate to one another and also respect the individual nuances that make us distinctively unique. This is done through community gatherings (peer-led support groups), individualized peer support, overnight peer respite care, and lived experienced centered advocacy.
We use, and help others use, the power of lived experience to support, educate, and guide one another while providing additional, free options for emotional justice. We exist to fill gaps in our mental health system using solutions that are created and executed by those most deeply impacted by our current system’s harms.
The Executive Director is responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of Peer Support Space. They center the organization's vision and use communal and team input to create, implement, drive, and oversee plans to assure organizational growth and sustainability. They are directly involved in PSS business functions including fundraising, marketing, outreach, managing of budget, respite operations, program quality assurance, compliance with grant contracts as well as regulatory and accreditation requirements, professional development, human-resources, and program development. Most importantly, our E.D. provides leadership and assures the rest of the team has clear direction, the skills, and the support to do their roles, and work together towards a shared mission.
The Executive Director is highly focused and mission driven. They believe in the goals of Peer Support Space and embody our core values when interacting with employees, guests/participants, donors, partner organizations, and other community contacts. They are creative and have a visionary spirit, considering both the present needs and the long-term path of our organization. The Executive Director is highly aware of current trends, evolving sociopolitical climate, and community perspectives and uses that layered insight to guide PSS. The Executive Director works to uplift others and be approachable, accountable, and open to feedback.