Peer Support Consultant: This specialized consulting role helps fill critical gaps in non-clinical wellness support for First Responders, Active Military personnel, Veterans, and their families. Consultants provide peer-based guidance, emotional support, and resource navigation based on lived experience. Consultants may support individuals directly or work with agencies and departments to develop comprehensive wellness strategies. This role focuses on strengthening resilience, improving wellness culture, and connecting service populations with appropriate resources.
Meet Our Peer Support Consultants:
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Kelli Sallee
CCISM, Certified Life Coach, Current Civilian Employee in Law Enforcement Agency
Kelli Sallee serves as the Executive Secretary to the Chief of Police for the Goffstown, New Hampshire Police Department and brings more than 12 years of experience in civilian law enforcement. Having worked in roles ranging from call-taking and dispatching to executive leadership support, she understands firsthand the emotional toll and cumulative stress that first responders face every day.Kelli is trained in Critical Incident Stress Management (ICISF CISM) and is an active member of both her departments peer Support/CISM Team and the Southern New Hampshire CISM Team. She has participated in numerous critical incident debriefings throughout New Hampshire, providing support to first responders during some of the most challenging moments of their careers.
As a certified Life Coach, Kelli is passionate about helping people rediscover purpose, build resilience, and navigate life’s most difficult seasons. Her presentations combine professional experience with authentic storytelling to inspire meaningful conversations about mental health, decision-making, purpose, and personal growth.
For more than a decade, Kelli has also spoken to high school students about impaired driving, distracted driving, and the power of everyday choices. Through her personal story and heartfelt approach, she encourages young people to recognize the lasting impact of their decisions while reminding first responders that they are never alone in carrying the weight of the work they do.
Whether speaking to law enforcement agencies, first responders, schools, or community organizations, Kelli’s mission is simple: to create connection, reduce stigma surrounding mental health, and help others find hope, healing, and purpose.
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Jordan Kelly
CCISM, Prior Law Enforcement
With 11 years serving as a police officer in New Hampshire, Jordan experienced and witnessed the ways that working in a first responder capacity can impact your mental and physical health. Jordan began his career as a patrol officer responding to a wide variety of emergencies with the goal of ensuring safety for others. Jordan also worked within Special Investigations for 5 years prior to unexpectedly retiring from law enforcement following a diagnosis of PTSD. During his career, Jordan served as Team Leader on his department’s Peer Support team and is ICISF certified. He was also a FBI trained Crisis Negotiator and NAMI trained Crisis Intervention Team member with his department. Using his personal experience and professional training, Jordan strives to light a path for first responders experiencing PTSD. -
Chad MacGregor
CCISM, Current Law Enforcement
Policy Development and Peer Support Consultant Chad MacGregor brings more than 20 years of law enforcement experience with a large New Hampshire police department. He has served in patrol, domestic violence unit, criminal and special investigations.
His leadership roles have included Patrol Sergeant, Detective Sergeant, Prosecution Division Lieutenant / Prosecutor, and Patrol Lieutenant.
A first-generation peer supporter, Chad has been actively involved in New Hampshire's first responder peer support movement since 2013. He has served as a peer supporter, facilitator, team leader,
Assistant Commander of a long-standing Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) team, and is a founding member of the Southern New Hampshire Critical Incident Management Team and serves as Secretary for the team’s non-profit.
Chad is certified by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) in Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention. He has extensive experience applying ICISF methodologies during acute and prolonged critical incidents, facilitating Critical Incident Stress Debriefings and Crisis
Management Briefings, and advising organizations throughout New Hampshire during times of crisis. He has also coordinated peer support for complex incidents, including officer-involved shootings, ensuring comprehensive support while balancing operational and investigative needs.
In addition to his operational proficiency, Chad is a recognized policy developer. He has also played a key role in developing agency wellness initiatives and is the primary author of CALEA-recognized policies on peer support, officer wellness, critical incident stress management, and mental health leave. These initiatives have integrated sustainable wellness and peer support practices into organizational policy, strengthening support for both sworn and civilian personnel.
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Jeff Ladieu
CMHC, Ret. NH State Police, Ret. 75th Ranger Regiment under the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
Jeff Ladieu is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience in law enforcement, public safety, and organizational leadership. A retired Captain with the New Hampshire State Police, Jeff concluded his distinguished career as Commander of the Justice Information Bureau, where he oversaw mission-critical units including Communications, Criminal Records, NCIC, J-One, and the Permits & Licensing Division.
Over the course of his career, Jeff held a variety of key leadership roles, including SWAT Team Leader, Assistant Commander of the Major Crime Unit, Commander of the Cold Case Unit, and having oversight of both the Polygraph and Communications Units. His law enforcement journey began in the North Country with Troop F, following his service in the elite 75th Ranger Regiment under the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
Following his retirement from law enforcement, Jeff co-founded a public safety consulting firm and later served as Assistant Director of Public Safety and Police at Endicott College.
Today, he brings his extensive experience and deep commitment to service to Camp Resilience as their Executive Director, where he leads efforts to support the healing and growth of veterans and first responders.
Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and is currently within his internship to obtain a master’s in clinical Mental Health Counseling. He’s also a Certified Public Manager, a Six Sigma LEAN Black Belt, and a graduate of the NCTC Polygraph Institute.
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Pierre Pouliot
CCISM, Law Enforcement Ret.
Born and raised in Manchester to a Registered Nurse and Administrative Assistant at the V.A. Medical Center in Manchester, Pierre Pouliot was destined to be a public servant. Pierre retired from the Goffstown Police Department after 22 years of full time service, staying on as a part time Officer for another 11 years. Since retiring, Pierre worked as a Security Officer at the Elliot Hospital, EHS, leaving after four years to work as a Court Security Officer.
Pierre became part of the Goffstown Police Department CISM team in 2020, receiving training through ICISF to do peer to peer to work and started doing Debriefs and helping support first responders after Critical Incidents. Pierre took part in the Facilitator Training put on by Camp Resilience in October of 2025, allowing him to take a more leadership role with Department Debriefs. Pierre is also part of the Southern New Hampshire CISM Team.
After working full time, taking CISM courses and various trainings, Pierre realized that there are after effects from being a first responder, to the first responder themselves and those around them. Pierre met with and talked to several other first responders and retirees to talk about their mental health journey, to learn how they made themselves more resilient and strengthened the relationships with those around them.
Pierre has been on the Staff of the New Hampshire Police Cadet Training Academy since 1999. He is the proud father of three sons, two Daughers (in laws) and has been married to his wife Colleen since 1992. Pierre is honored to have been asked to be a Peer Consultant with SHIFT NH.
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Nikki Hannigan
CISM, Law Enforcement Ret.
Nikki brings over 17 years of law enforcement experience with the Nashua Police Department, where she served in Patrol, Domestic Violence, Criminal Investigations, and Special Investigations. Her leadership experience includes serving as both a Detective Sergeant and Patrol Sergeant. Throughout her law enforcement career, Nikki worked extensively with individuals, families, and fellow first responders navigating crisis, trauma, and other highly stressful circumstances.
A founding member of the Nashua Police Department Peer Support Team, Nikki served on the team from 2013 to 2024 and was also a member of the Southern New Hampshire Regional Peer Support Team. During her tenure, she served as a team leader and helped facilitate and coordinate numerous critical incident stress debriefings. She also assisted in developing Nashua PD’s peer support policy and worked directly with officers navigating critical incidents, personal challenges, and extended mental health leaves of absence.
Nikki is trained through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) in both Individual and Group Crisis Intervention. She has also assisted with peer support training and mental health education for first responders throughout New Hampshire.
After leaving law enforcement, Nikki transitioned into the private sector but quickly realized how much she missed being part of the effort to support the mental health and resiliency of first responders. That realization ultimately led her back to this work and toward the next phase of her career. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, with the goal of working with first responders and their families.
Nikki is married to a fellow first responder, and together they have two children. Her professional experience, peer support background, and firsthand understanding of the demands placed on first responders and their families continue to drive her commitment to supporting those who serve.

