Sharon “Skye” returns to Spruce Mountain Inn as our Director of Marketing and Referral Development.  Sharon previously worked for Spruce for over 20 years as a Case Manager and she is intimately familiar with our program. Skye received her Master’s degree through a unique Vermont internship designed to deinstitutionalize patients from the state hospital and establish them with support services in the community.  She became the Director of Foster Care at Washington County Mental Health.  Skye’s career has been varied and includes: developing training  materials for an international technology company, teaching online, editing documents presented to the United Nations and serving as a dean in an independent school.  Sharon is a lifelong learner, recently receiving her diploma for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and becoming a Certified End of Life Doula through the University of Vermont.  Sharon’s hobbies include long distance swimming and she has been able to swim from Vermont to New York and back more than once!