Our Staff
Executive Leadership
Jack Duffy
Chief Executive Officer
Rick Distefano
Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Hamel, BSN, RN, CPXP
Vice President Medical and Clinical Services
Chris Osgood
VP of Finance & Administrative Services
Medical & Psychiatry
Cherylanne Linares MSN, PMH-BC RN
Director of Nursing
Fred Hesse, MD
Medical Director
Marina Ecklund
Nurse Practitioner
Richard Pennell, RPA-C
Physician Assistant
Genevieve Williamson, MD
Psychiatrist
Men's Clinical Team
Kathleen McIsaac, LCMHC, LADC, M.Ed, RMT
Program Director
Ronald Womer, MS, LADC
Primary Therapist
Matt Melkonian B.A, B.S. CRC
Program Manager
Brian Dekle
Therapist in Training
Melissa Garr
Therapist in Training
Pamela Ashton, MSC, LADC
Primary Therapist
Valley Vista Vergennes
Women's Clinical Team
Dan Smith, MS, NCC
Primary Therapist
Kathleen Lowell, MA, LADC
Program Director
Emmalee Levesque BA
Integrative Trauma Practitioner
Jennifer Debarbieri, MS, LADC
Primary Therapist
Community Outreach & Treatment Coordinators
Admissions
Christine Williams
Admissions Supervisor
Janis Pawul-Sullo
Admissions Specialist
Allisen Britch
Admission Specialist
Amanda Yaps
Admissions Specialist
Molly Simonds
Admissions Specialist
Administrative Team
Caitlyn Pippin
Billing Coordinator
Elizabeth Thurston
Administrative Coordinator
Julie Culbertson, BSN, RN
Utilization Review Nurse
Wayne Vanasse
Accounting Coordinator
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