Cole Bassett serves as the Director of Alignment at Kiva Centers, where he works across the organization to ensure that trainings, support groups, community centers, and internal systems reflect Kiva’s mission, values, and trauma-informed best practices.

He brings his background as a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) to this work, supported by training in psychology, disability studies, and public administration. Cole focuses on developing learning systems, operational processes, and knowledge infrastructure that strengthen program consistency and broaden impact.

His leadership centers on sustainability and cohesion across the organization. Cole’s vision is to empower recovery communities by building programs and systems that are unified in purpose, accessible in practice, and grounded in the lived experiences of the people they serve.