Mountain Top Cares Coalition,
an adult Recovery Community Organization (RCO)

Our Recovery Community Organization assists individuals and their families struggling with substance use. We serve all the towns, villages and hamlets of the Mountain Top including Ashland, Haines Falls, Tannersville, Hunter, Windham, Hensonville, Maplecrest, Jewett, Lexington, Prattsville, Halcott, Lanesville and the wider community of Greene County, New York.

Mission

Mountain Top Cares Coalition is a nonprofit organization serving people with substance use disorders and issues of addiction. Our mission is to promote recovery and empower those we serve and their families through advocacy, referrals, education, and peer support.

Vision

We envision a world in which recovery from addiction is not only possible but celebrated. A world where all who seek recovery have access to quality care and the necessary resources they need to achieve their goals. 

We believe:

Addiction is a
chronic brain disease.

Recovery is possible.

Every life has value.

We can best accomplish our mission with a neighbor helping neighbor approach.

Providing a stigma free and non-discriminatory environment is needed for full recovery.

Leadership

Meet our board

Jonathan has over thirty years experience in sales, marketing, and business development. He was a partner and founding member of Mammoth Heli-Ski, a back country helicopter ski company. Jonathan was a fire crew boss and wilderness ranger for the US Forest Service stationed outside of Yosemite. He was the snow ranger at Mammoth Mountain and worked as a horse packer and supervisor at the Frontier Pack Station in June Lake California. He has owned and operated two businesses in the field of deconstruction and reclamation of recycled building materials, has appeared twice on American Builder and was responsible for the sale of antique brick and timbers from over three million square feet of commercial deconstruction. He has managed a national sales network and given seminars on sales management and sales motivation. He is a past member of the National Demolition Association and the Building Materials Reuse Association. Northeastern University, 1967-1970. Jonathan Gross, Owner and Managing Member of Ruby Lake Glass, LLC, sits on the High Friction Surfaces Council of the American Traffic Safety Services Association. Jonathan won Innovative Recycler of the Year for his company in 2016. He is Chairman of the Greene County Board of Ethics. He is President of the Board of the Mountain Top Cares Coalition, Inc. He sat on the Board of the Glory House, a Not for Profit organization serving woman suffering from domestic abuse. Jonathan is a supervisor at the Adaptive Sports Foundation in Windham, NY.

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Scott Tyree is a resident of Prattsville, New York and has been a member of the Mountain Top Cares Coalition since April of 2019. Scott is a person in long term recovery and is a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate and works full time at Huntersfield Christian Training Center as the Program Coordinator of their Men's Recovery Program. He is married to Jana and they have 3 boys Rowan (Age 12), Liam (10) and Colin (8).

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Kai Hillmann, director of Youth Clubhouses for the Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties

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I retired from my position as Director of Community Services and Director of Mental Health for Greene Co at end of December 2018. I had the honor of holding that position for 8 plus years. This position afforded me the opportunity to advocate for services for our most vulnerable populations in the areas of Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders and Developmental Disabilities. During this time I with my counterpart in Columbia County were successful in obtaining funding from Office of Mental Health to develop and staff a Mobile Crisis Assessment Team that would serve both counties, which proved to be very successful in preventing and diverting unnecessary hospitalizations. During this time I had the pleasure of helping in the formation of the Columbia-Greene Controlled Substance Task Force which worked with stakeholders on all levels to combat the opioid epidemic. I came to Greene Co Mental Health in 2003 and worked as Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner serving Adolescents and Adults providing Psychiatric Evaluations and Medication Management to adolescents and adults. I continued to provide medication services to a small caseload even while serving as Director of Community Services. During that time I worked with countless adults who had co-occurring disorders in the area of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. I have lived in Greene Co since September 1987 although I was born and raised in Ireland. I completed a diploma school nursing program in England in 1980 and had the opportunity to advance my education at Russell Sage in Troy with a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Nursing. I have always been drawn to area of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders having worked inpatient, outpatient, crisis services, day treatment for adults and adolescents. Prior to my retirement I was awarded the Greene County Chairman’s Legislative Award for Community Service in June 2018, the Columbia-Greene Community College President’s Award for Community Leadership in 2017 and Woman of Distinction honoree by George A Amedore, Jr in 2019. I have a very simple way by which I try to live my life which is do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I’m the mother of 3 sons, have 3 wonderful daughter-in laws and 2 adorable grandchildren.

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Meet our staff

Patrick Magee
Executive Director

Prior to joining MCC, Magee served as a performance consultant for Alliance for Better Health. Previously, Magee worked for Community Service Society of NY (CSSNY), first as a quality assurance manager, then as a program manager for the Facilitated Enrollment for the Aged, Blind and Disabled program. While employed at CSSNY he managed a network of eight community-based organizations that assisted individuals to enroll in Medicaid and Medicare. Additionally, Magee held a position at the Association for Neurologically Brain Injured Children (ANIBIC) where he worked as its entitlement specialist. Magee holds a Juris Doctor from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and a bachelor’s of arts degree in Communications and Political Science from SUNY Cortland.

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Mary Ellen Holtzman
CRPA

Mary Ellen lives in Greene County. She joined MCC because of it's holistic intention toward substance use. She deeply believes compassion, self care, education, and community are steps to recovery/healing. Faith, hope and love have guided her journey through a thirty year career in non profit service to young people. Deinstitutionalized and stigmatized by closing institutions (diagnoses varied from developmental disability, to immigrant to psychosis) they lacked the skills and support needed to live on their own. Through her ingenuity and directorship, thousands of young people were integrated into Westchester and Rockland Counties with support needed to achieve autonomy and independence. Community Service Awards were given for contributions to troubled youth - including development of the first Runaway and Homeless Youth hotline/outreach/safe home system in the Country. Project Turning Point was expanded throughout the United States, the hotline became national. The outreach services and safe homes are operational in most US counties today. A favorite job responsibility of Ellen's was training. She trained staff for years, developing the first training modules for professionalizing Care Counselors and Supervisors (80 staff). Later the Training Program was adopted by her mother agency, New York Foundling Hospital, NYC, NY for it's one thousand staff. A move to Columbia County led to a Family Rural Small Business venture. All natural foods, homemade baked goods and dinner-to-go were known favorites. 9/11 changed the small Country Store into a gathering place for traumatized displaced NYC newcomers, to talk, mourn and eventually adjust to rural living. A new community was born. The National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI) Training proved handy both professionally and personally. A life threatening car accident changed her life for a time. Fourteen years of manual work and self taught crafts, rested an amnesiac brain so it could release it's identity and memories in August 1999. Just in time to continue a recovery journey with much to share with Mountaintop Cares Coalition and its purpose.

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Elide Bell
Associate Executive Director

Elide Bell is a seasoned professional with over 10 years of experience in business consulting, management, strategic planning, and marketing with a specialization in both the traditional healthcare and health & wellness sectors, with a core focus on patient education and advocacy. Elide plays a crucial role in fostering positive change and strengthening communities. She collaborates with individuals, groups, and businesses to understand their needs and provide tailored support, education, and resources. With additional expertise in program development and event planning, she develops and executes inclusive initiatives that empower individuals and enhance community connections. Her commitment to listening and engaging helps MCC create lasting impacts and make meaningful differences in the lives of those on their path to recovery.

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What we do

We meet you where you are.

Individualized support. Maximum accessibility.
We're available to you in-person, phone, email and virtually.

CRPAs

Learn about Certified Recovery Peer Advocates and get in touch.

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Narcan

Learn about Narcan, where to get it, and train to administer it.

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Services

Peer advocate support, group meetings, daily programming and recovery focused events.

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Directory

Explore our directory.
Local resources, hotlines & info

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Calendar

Upcoming & ongoing events

Our special events, and our weekly recurring offerings, so help is always close

October Hike Pratt Rock 2024

Pratt Rock Group Hike

Pumpkin Carving At Silas House Lexington

Pumpkin carving and snacks in the barn at Silas House! Registration required.

Get Ahead Of The Seasonal Gloomies

Does your mental health take a nose dive in the fall and winter? Join us for this meetup!

Respiratory Health Program

Free clinical and educational program with a respiratory therapist.
Evening Yoga with Nicole at Mountain Breeze Yoga.
Start Date: Feb. 6th
Every Tuesday, 5:30pm
Open Group
zoom

Use our contact form or email us to receive zoom link: info@mountaintopcarescoalition.com
Every Monday, 5:30pm
Open Groupv
zoom

Use our
contact form or email us to receive zoom link: info@mountaintopcarescoalition.com
Blog

The lastest at MCC

Goings-ons, events, partners, and more

Respiratory Therapist Available At Mountain Top Cares Coalition

Free clinical and educational program with a respiratory therapist now available.

Meet Figberry! Our Recovery-Friendly Events Mascot

Substance-free events for people to come together, have fun, and create community.

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