Our Team.
Kena Sagendorph
Executive Director
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2010
Fun Fact: I have an identical twin
"Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you."
Tina Richardson
Business Manager
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2019
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"We will figure it out"
Joan Silva
Patch Receptiosist​
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2022
Cassandra Bevan
Director of Continuous Quality Improvement
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2021
Fun Fact: The Sun makes a sound but we can’t hear it
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. -e.e. cummings
Jennifer Aldrich
Director of Family Services
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Years at VOC: 13
Fun Fact: I was born during a full moon
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller
Karissa Vaczy
Director of Family Services
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2023
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Fun Fact: My cup always matches my outfits.
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Grow Through What You Go Through"
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Family Center, CFCE, Parent Child+
Chelsea Cwalina
Early Childhood Director
2024
Fun Fact: Almost everyday since 2000 I have worn my hair in a messy bun!
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Don’t let anyone ever dull your sparkle!
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Charlene Coutu
Family Support Specialist
1999
Fun Fact: Frogs don't drink water, they absorb it through their skin and they close their eyes when they eat because they need them to help swallow food.
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"The World is Changed by Your Example, Not by Your Opinion."
Paulo Coelho
Samantha Caranfa
Early Learning Specialist
2023
"Silence is golden, unless you have a toddler. Then it's suspicious"
Sarah DeBlois
Early Learning Specialist
2021
"Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t".– Rikki Rogers
Ashley Welch
Family Support Worker
2023
Fun Fact: If anything bizarre can happen to anyone, it will happen to me.
"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water." -Rabindranath Tagore
Family Resource Center
Adriana Lara
FRC Program Manager
& Supervising Clinician
2021
Fun Fact: I have traveled to 3 continents.
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that“- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Crystal Cowen
Family Support Worker
2025​
Fun Fact: I never remember where I park my car!
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"To raise a grandchild is to nature a legacy"
Jo Ann Valle
Clinician
2025
Fun Fact:I can say the alphabet backwards REALLY fast.
"Wherever you go, there you are."
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Cory Flood
Family Support Worker
2025
Cheese is Life
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"What we do in life echos in eternity"
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School Liaison
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Family Partner
Support & Stabilization
Nicole Lyman
Family Support Director
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2012
Fun Fact: I am an Irish twin​
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. -Flavia Weedn
Aimee Woodbury
Family Support Worker
2020
Fun Fact: Can turn most situations into a Taylor Swift reference
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Let it be, then let it go - Zach Bryan
Vanessa Warren
Family Support Worker
2025
I am a huge animal lover and my dream is to own acres and acres of land and rescue as many animals as possible.​
"When words are both true and kind, they can change the world." - Buddha
Angelina Howard
Family Advocate​
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2023​
Every time you judge someone, you reveal a part of yourself that needs healing.
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