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."
Alyssa Moore
Director of Finance & Administration​​
2025
Fun Fact: I run on caffeine, color-coded spreadsheets, and sheer determination!
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"Storms make trees take deeper roots." - Dolly Parton
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+
Nicole Lyman
Early Childhood Director,
CFCE Coordinator
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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
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
Melissa Swenson
Case Manager
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2025
If you google the word "askew" the entire page will tilt​
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""You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose" Dr. Suess
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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Evelina Paulino
Family Partner
2025
Fun Fact: My first concert was Aerosmith
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
​Maya Angelou
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School Liaison
Support & Stabilization
Aimee Woodbury
Family Support Director S&S
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
Case Manager
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.​
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"When words are both true and kind, they can change the world." - Buddha
Kylee Emslie
Case Manager
2025
I have 5 little brothers!​
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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." — Ferris Bueller
Victoria Vargo
Case Manager
2025
I'm a reading powerhouse! I can read up to 500 words per minute!!​
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"I think whenever I'm confident, and ready to try anything, and I'm not scared, that's when I create my best stuff. -Tate McRae