About | Meet Our Staff

Victoria L. Brooks MSW, LISW
Executive Director
vickie.brooks@acornvtnh.org
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Moving in 2008 from Cincinnati, Ohio to Vermont, Vickie joined ACoRN as the Executive Director to help realign agency services and ensure that the AIDS/HIV/HCV communities in our region were receiving the best possible resources available. Vickie Brooks has been involved in Human Services administration for almost 30 years – the last sixteen of which have been spent leading AIDS services organizations. Other professional endeavors have included positions as the Coordinator of a Homeless Shelter for Women, Director of a Family Services program, owner of a private therapy practice, and various faculty-teaching positions.

Community-based service delivery is her passion and she strongly believes that those people who are most impacted by the services should be involved in the planning and delivery of those services.

Jess DeGrechie
Vermont Case Manager
jdegrech@acornvtnh.org
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As the newest member of ACoRN's team, Jess recently moved to the Lebanon area in June 2009 from Burlington, Vermont, where she worked as a Case Manager for individuals living with schizophrenia and substance abuse problems at the Howard Center. Jess has also done Case Management with high school students and spent years working as a residential counselor with at-risk teenagers. Jess loves living in beautiful Vermont, and when she isn't hiking or skiing in the great outdoors she is enjoying food and live music. We are excited to have Jess as a new case manager at ACoRN and we know that her passion for social work will bring us great new ideas.

Mark Nichols
New Hampshire Case Manager
mark.nichols@acornvtnh.org
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Mark Nichols has been living and working in the Upper Valley for over 40 years, and has been working in the social services for seven years. He has dedicated the last two years to working with clients at ACoRN. Aside from his work at ACoRN, Mark also demonstrates a passion for social service through his position as Board Chair for Stepping Stone & Next Step, a nonprofit organization that provides peer support for individuals living with mental illness. Mark has also worked for Fedex and as a restaurant manager, and enjoys spending time with his family, reading scary novels, fishing, and bike riding. He is also a huge Red Sox fan!

Tim Sturgeon
Education, Prevention, Hep C Outreach Director
tim.sturgeon@acornvtnh.org
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Tim Sturgeon has been familiar with the Upper Valley area for many years and has worked in a variety of fields. He attended Dartmouth College before moving on to UCLA for a degree in English. Tim spent ten years in Southern California teaching high school English before becoming a freelance writer for many diverse publications. After moving into the graphic arts and working in digital medical imaging for 6 years, Tim came to ACoRN in 2006 as the director of Education and Prevention. Since his arrival at ACoRN, Tim began our syringe exchange program and he has worked hard to expand our outreach program and improve our testing services. In his free time, Tim enjoys hiking, camping and kayaking in the great outdoors.

Meet Our Board of Directors

Dottie Deans

Paul D. Haskell

Joby Thompson

Maggie Moore West

Vickie Brooks, Executive Director