Staff, Board, Advisory Committees

Staff

Board of Directors

Advisory Committees

Vital Communities Staff

Project Coordinator

Beth Roy, Food and Farm Manager

Food & Farm Manager

Doreen Guillette, Office and Administrative Assistant

Doreen Guillette

Office and Administrative Assistant

Gabrielle Smith

Valley Quest & UVTPC Coordinator

The Local Crowd Upper Valley Project Coordinator

Jill Savage, Database Manager

Database Manager

Lauren Griswold

Upper Valley Everyone Eats Project Coordinator

Mike Kiess, Workforce Housing Coordinator

Workforce Housing Coordinator

Nancy LaRowe, Food & Farm and Local First Coordinator

Vital Economy and Food & Farm Manager

Rachel Darrow, Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Rebecca Bailey, Communications Manager

Communications Manager

Rob Schultz, Leadership Upper Valley Manager and Director of Development

Leadership Upper Valley Manager, Director of Development

Sarah Brock, Energy Program Manager

Program Director, Climate, Energy, Transportation

Sarah Jackson, Executive Director

Executive Director

Shantida Oakheart

Bookkeeper

Tony Grasso, Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator

Vital Communities Board of Directors

Allyssa Lo, Board of Directors, Tuck Nonprofit Board Fellow

Tuck Nonprofit Board Fellow

Amy Lappin, Board of Directors, Vice Chair

Plainfield, NH; Vice Chair

Barbara Barry, Board of Directors, Member

Taftsville, VT

Benjamin Nelson, Board of Directors, Secretary

Benjamin Nelson

Claremont, NH: Secretary

West Lebanon, NH

David Watts, Board of Directors, Member

Norwich, VT

Elyse Crossman, Board of Directors, Member

Claremont, NH

Greg Norman, Board of Directors, Member

Norwich, VT

Tunbridge, VT

Markell Ripps, Board of Directors, Member

Markell J. Ripps

Thetford, VT

Mary Catherine Guay, Board of Directors, Tuck Nonprofit Board Fellow

Mary Catherine Guay

Tuck Nonprofit Board Fellow

Meaghan Butts, Board of Directors, Member

Lebanon, NH

Monique Priestly

Monique Priestley

Bradford, VT; Chair

Nancy Merrill, Board of Directors, Member

Lebanon, NH

Rick Mills, Board of Directors, Member

Strafford, VT

Robin Kilfeather-Mackey, Board of Directors, Member

Robin Kilfeather-Mackey

Cornish, NH

Sally Wilson, Board of Directors, Treasurer

Ryegate, VT; Treasurer

Canaan, NH

Advisory Committees

Vital Communities relies on a network of advisory committees and workgroups to help set priorities and methods. Below are links to member lists of these groups.

Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup

Corporate Council

Leadership Upper Valley

Route 11 Corridor

UV Transportation Management Association

UVTPC STeering Committee

Workforce Housing