Mary
J. Barnett
Mary brings
a wide variety of work experience to her job.
She has been an Educational Supervisor at a school for children
with learning disabilities, has set up and run adult literacy programs in
rural communities, supervised waterfront programs at summer camps, taught
English to Laotian and Vietnamese teens, served as a counselor at a
college, and spent seven years as a Guidance Counselor and coach at Otter
Valley before coming to Mt. Abraham.
Mary’s interests are many.
She loves singing. You may have heard her perform as a member of
Womensing, or seen her in Marrowbone or Nightfires, productions that are
put on annually by her theater company. She also likes enjoying the beauty
of Vermont by being outside and active. She loves hard work, enjoying
creating and maintaining perennial beds, working with stone, doing
carpentry projects, and working in the woods.
Alan earned his Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science at the University of New Hampshire, and his Master's degree in Counseling at the University of Vermont.
Alan has worked as a School Counselor since 1990. He worked at Whitcomb High School, and Burlington High School, prior to coming to Mt. Abraham. Before entering the school counseling field, he was an Outward Bound Instructor, and spent many seasons in various positions with the Appalachian Mountain Club hut system in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Alan lives with his family in Lincoln. He has served as a volunteer firefighter and youth baseball coach. In his spare time he enjoys fishing, hiking, hunting, skiing, amateur radio, and numismatics.
Yvette has been at Mt. Abraham for twenty-six years. She is a graduate of Champlain College. After college Yvette worked at the University of Vermont Summer and Evening Division for two years. In 1966 she worked at General Electric before moving to Maryland with her husband who was stationed at Fort Mead while serving in the Army. In Maryland she worked for NASA on the first manned missions. It was an exciting job and she met people from all over the world! Yvette returned to Vermont when her husband was discharged from the service. She also returned to General Electric before taking maternity leave.
When Yvette decided to re-join the work force, she applied only to educational facilities since she enjoyed her work so much at the University of Vermont. It was then that she was hired at Mount Abraham.
Yvette lives in New Haven. She enjoys her family, reading, flower gardens, and many crafts such as quilting, rubber stamping and scrapbooking.
Gary earned his undergraduate degree in Geology from Colgate University and his M.Ed. in Counseling from the University of Vermont. He has been a Bristol resident for many years. In his spare time he enjoys skiing, canoeing, and music. On summer canoe trips he has encountered grizzly bears, polar bears, musk oxen, caribou, mountain sheep, seals, wolves, catamounts, and beluga whales!
Deb earned her bachelor's degree in Community Service Education from Cornell University and her master's degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education from the University of Vermont. This is Deb's tenth year in school counseling, having worked at Colchester High School for 2 years before coming to Mt. Abe. Prior to this career, she worked as a home economist for the New York State Extension Service, director of a rural community center in southwestern Virginia, academic advisor at the University of Vermont, and was a stay at home mom (while working on her school counseling certification) for many years.
Deb lives with her family in Starksboro. In her spare time she enjoys walking, skiing, reading, flower gardening, and dreaming up new travel adventures for her family.