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CONNECTING CULTURES STAFF

LEADERSHIP

Karen Fondacaro

Ph.D. Psychology

Founder of Connecting Cultures
 

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Rosalie Wright-Lapin, LICSW

 Interim Executive Director & Director of

Social Services

Timothy Stickle

Ph.D. Psychology

Associate Director/

Director of Program Evaluation

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 Lauren Dewey

Ph.D. Psychology

Director of Youth Services 

Jill Martin Diaz, Esq.
Director of Legal Services
Executive Director of VAAP

Matthew Odachowski P.T., O.C.S.

 Director of

Physical Therapy

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Smita Lahoti, M.D. 

Director of Psychiatry

ADMINISTRATION 

 Sue Martel 

Senior Coordinator

Casey Buck
M.A. Psychology
Ph.D. Candidate

Data Manager

Desirea Swick, BSW
Care Coordinator

THERAPISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

Therapists

Gabriela Heermans

M.Sc. Social & Cultural Psychology

M.Sc. Clinical Mental Health Counseling

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Richard Norton
M.A. Psychology
Ph.D. Candidate

Arima Minard, C.M.H.C

Jake Furey-Rosen, M.S.W.

Phoebe Lewis, PsyD.

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Choeden Lama

B.A. Psychology

M.A. Candidate

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Social Workers & Case Managers

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Tori Koontz, B.A.

MSW Candidate

Alyssa Mikita, B.S.W.

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AFFILIATED THERAPISTS & SUPERVISORS

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Linda Li, LICSW
Clinical Supervisor

Connecting Cultures / NESTT

Vermont Psychological Services

2 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0134
Tel: (802) 656-2661

This program is supported in part by funding from United Way of Northwest Vermont and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), an office of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families.

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This website’s contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by the United Way or ORR.

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