Kyle was born and raised in the mountains of Western Maryland. Her parents taught her to love the natural world and she spent her childhood exploring by foot, bike and canoe. An avid reader & writer her whole life, Kyle received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Mary Washington in VA, studying English with…

Melissa (Missy) brings fifteen years of mentoring youth – and the staff that supports them — to her role as Residential Manager of Transition House. She holds the young women enrolled at Transition House to high standards, as she knows them to be fully capable of meeting those standards. Her deepest joy is to lead…

Bob has over 30 years of culinary experience, and has been the head chef at Chrysalis for more than six years. He graduated from Western Culinary School in Portland in 1998. He has worked in the restaurant business, but has found his years at Chrysalis to be one of his best employment experiences. He is…

Jennifer was born at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. When Jennifer was a few months old her family moved to Texas, where she was raised amongst a huge family. In 2004 she married her husband, Tim, and together they raised six amazing children.  In 2015 Jennifer and her family took a big family vacation to…