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.