Our Team.

Kena Sagendorph

Executive Director

Years at VOC: 15

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

Years at VOC: 5

"We will figure it out"

Joan Silva

Patch Receptiosist

Years at VOC: 2

Cassandra Bevan

Director of Continuous Quality Improvement

Years at VOC: 4

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

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

Jennifer Aldrich

Director of Family Services

Years at VOC: 12

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

Angelina Howard

Family Advocate

Years at VOC: 1

Every time you judge someone, you reveal a part of yourself that needs healing.

Family Center, CFCE, Parent Child+

Chelsea Cwalina

Family Support Worker

Years at VOC: 3 months
Fun Fact: Almost everyday since 2000 I have worn my hair in a messy bun!

Don’t let anyone ever dull your sparkle!

Charlene Coutu

Family Support Specialist

Years at VOC: 26

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.

"The World is Changed by Your Example, Not by Your Opinion."
Paulo Coelho

Samantha Caranfa

Early Learning Specialist

Years at VOC: 2

"Silence is golden, unless you have a toddler. Then it's suspicious"

Sarah DeBlois

Early Learning Specialist

Years at VOC: 3

"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

Years at VOC: 1

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

Years at VOC: 3

Fun Fact: I have traveled to 3 continents.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that“- Martin Luther King, Jr.

PatriciaMoore

Family Support Worker

Years at VOC: 14

"It is what it is"

Scott Royal

Family Support Worker

Years at VOC: 2

"Without remaining open to change, we can not remain open to life" -RD

Christine Bailey

School Liaison

Years at VOC: 5

Fun Fact: Cows Have Best Friends. Cows are social animals with strong best friendships. When separated from the herds that they chose based on their friendships they become very stressed.

"If a child can not learn in the way we teach, we MUST teach in a way the child can learn". - Unknown