Anna Byberg, LMSW, CAADC

Anna is the President at Dawn Farm, a non-profit providing a continuum of treatment and recovery support services including withdrawal management, outpatient services, short and long-term residential treatment, and transitional housing for people impacted by substance use disorders and addiction. As President, Anna is responsible for administrative, financial, and clinical oversight; organizational vision and strategic planning, and for serving as a community liaison on behalf of Dawn Farm.

Anna has worked at Dawn Farm since 2005. She has been part of the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and other staff development teams at Dawn Farm. She presented the monthly Family Education Program for more than ten years, and has also presented on topics including opioid use disorders, tobacco recovery, family interventions, how communities can support recovery, hope, and the basics of addiction and recovery.

Anna has served on the COVID-19 Protect Michigan Commission on behalf of NASW-Michigan, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Addiction Working Group, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Reentry Task Force, and the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (OPEN) Interdisciplinary Advisory Board. She is also a part-time lecturer in the School of Social Work at Eastern Michigan University. Anna obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2001, then completed a six month student exchange program in London, England. She earned her Master of Social Work from Eastern Michigan University in 2012, and is currently a Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC).