Lisa Mugford serves as a Board Member of VFOR’s Board of Directors. She also attended and graduated from Champlain College. Lisa has owned and operated a successful business in Stowe VT for 25 years. She has been clean and sober since 2007 and dedicates a lot of time to 12 Step service. From 2013-2017 she worked as operations manager at North Central Vermont Recovery Ctr. During this period Lisa worked directly with folks in or seeking recovery from drugs and alcohol on a daily basis.
Karen Ryan serves as a Board Member of VFOR’s Board of Directors. Karen grew up in Highland, New York and attended Binghamton University graduating in 1994 with a BS in Computer Science. Karen has had a 25 year career in Application Support at a few different large corporations. She had been volunteering for a weekday lunch and food basket program in Colorado called Friends of Saint Andrew. Karen has been sober since December of 2014 and is truly enjoying a great life in Central Vermont. Her hobbies include golf, cooking and a new love kayaking.
Ron Stankevich serves on VFOR’s Board of Directors. He has two advanced degrees; Master of Science in Administration from St. Michael’s College, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Vermont. He is also an Apprentice Addiction Professional. In his role at Dominion, Ron is tasked with developing innovative vision, strategy and outreach programs that positively impact patients, providers and the broader continuum of care ecosystem. He believes very strongly that an essential part of successful recovery is safe and supportive sober housing without delay after inpatient treatment and support. Without this scaffolding, individuals may have no choice but to return to an environment which quite possibly might short circuit their journey of recovery. He feels VFOR is an effective deterrent to relapse and a pathway to a healthy and happy life.
Mary Elkins serves as a Board Member of VFOR’s Board of Directors. Being a life-long Vermonter, Mary grew up here in So. Burlington, VT. A graduate from Champlain College, Mary has worked in the healthcare field for over 35 years. Mary did administrative work at the University of Vermont Medical Center, for over 29 years. The majority of her time was with pediatrics and child psychiatry. Mary has been in recovery since 1989 and has been active in local 12 step recovery meetings and service.
Through working with the pediatric population, Mary has seen addiction destroy families. Through her time in Pediatric healthcare, Mary’s interest is with all ages of people, especially families, by helping them to develop positive healthy solutions to family’s touched by addictions. Currently, Mary works as an office manager/intake coordinator for River Rock Treatment, an intensive outpatient facility for substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health treatment.
