fyi: WCMHS CEO Mary Moulton Retiring

In case you were not already aware of it and it is of interest, fyi:

Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS) Executive Director, aka Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mary Moulton will soon be retiring.

The Times Argus posted a Community News column in its online edition last night that mentioned about how she will officially retire at the end of June of this year (last item in column; under: WCMHS CEO), here.

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WCMHS CEO

MONTPELIER — The board of directors of Washington County Mental Health Services announced Elizabeth Sightler as its new chief executive officer, beginning July 1. She will assume the role held for the past 10 years by Mary Moulton, who is retiring on June 30 following a 33-year career at the agency. Sightler will join the team on May 1, allowing for a transition period.

Sightler has been the Champlain Community Services in Colchester executive director for over 12 years and has 30 years of experience in the developmental services field and knowledge of the state's system of care. She served two terms as co-president of Vermont Care Partners, the trade organization that provides guidance to the designated and specialized service agencies in Vermont, serving people with developmental, mental health and substance use challenges. She has been an advocate within the Agency of Human Services and the Vermont Legislature in supporting better care for vulnerable Vermonters and higher wages for people working in social services.

Had known Mary Moulton for many years, from back when she was the director of emergency services (aka screeners) at WCMHS.

In fact, either in the late 1990's or early to mid 2000's, at some point she had invited me to attend meetings with a few members of her staff who were busy revising the Washington County Survivor's Guide. For my part, I had done this on a volunteer basis (i.e., without compensation), as usual.

Over the years, along with other members of the community that she would reach out to, we had many opportunities to collaborate concerning mental health, housing and homelessness matters and how to better address these: i.e., She would often seek input and she listened.

Photo: Mary Moulton, reading prose of mine (taken by Ken Russell).

Due to this type of collaboration that she brought to her work over the years, she not only earned my admiration as well as trust, but when I was invited to speak and share some of my prose at the grand opening ceremony of the Good Samaritan Welcome Center in Berlin (Thursday, August 11, 2022), not being up to attending the event myself, I asked her to read the prose on my behalf, which she graciously did.

Mary is not one to tend to brag or even mention about her many achievements or efforts on behalf of others as well as the community and state in general, so much of what she has done over the years and continues to do might not be well known by most, yet is well appreciated and highly valued by those she has helped and worked hard in making their lives better.

Thank you, Mary! Well done!