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Vermont Business Roundtable Names New Board
New members will address key state energy
and education issues
SOUTH BURLINGTON—The Vermont
Business Roundtable (Roundtable) on Monday announced the names of its new Board
Directors and Officers. “Vermont
faces pressing challenges in the coming years, and collaboration between public
and private sectors is the fastest and most efficient way to address
them,” said Roundtable President Lisa Ventriss. “We’re
fortunate to have, once again, Board members and leaders with extensive
experience in shaping public policy, spurring workforce growth, and
demonstrating corporate responsibility.”
John H. Marshall, Managing Partner, Downs Rachlin Martin (St.
Johnsbury), was re-elected as Director. The three new Directors, named for
three-year terms beginning December 2006, are:
Pennie
Beach, President
Basin
Harbor Club
Vergennes
Douglas H. Griswold, President
S.T. Griswold & Co., Inc.
Williston
Steven P. Voigt, President & CEO
King Arthur Flour Company, Inc.
Norwich
Newly elected Board Officers, serving two-year terms beginning December
2006, include:
Chair Timothy R. Volk, President
Kelliher Samets Volk
Burlington
Vice-Chair William P. Stritzler, Managing
Director
Smugglers’ Notch
Resort
Jeffersonville
Secretary James L. Daily, President
Porter Medical Center,
Inc.
Middlebury
Treasurer Douglas J. Wacek, President
and CEO
Union Mutual of Vermont
Companies
Montpelier
Continuing on the Board are:
Staige Davis, President
Lang, Lion & Davis
South Burlington
Christopher L. Dutton, President
& CEO
Green Mountain Power Corporation
Colchester
Carolyn Edwards, President & CEO
Competitive Computing
Colchester
Ellen Mercer Fallon, Partner
Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP
Middlebury
Thomas W. Huebner, President
Rutland
Regional Medical
Center
Rutland
Mark R. Neagley, President
Neagley & Chase Construction Co.
South Burlington
Marc vanderHeyden, President
St. Michael’s College
Colchester
Ventriss believes the Roundtable’s new Board directors and
officers will distinguish themselves in addressing Vermont’s energy, education and health
care issues. “This team represents a variety of counties, industries and
interests, but shares a passion for effecting change. These leaders were
elected, and will get things done, because they’re deeply committed to
improving the quality of life in Vermont.”
About
the Vermont
Business Roundtable
The
Roundtable is composed of 115 CEOs of Vermont's top private and nonprofit
employers dedicated to making Vermont the best place in America to do business,
be educated, and live life. Member businesses employ over 49,000 employees in
virtually every county across Vermont.
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For more information contact:
Christian Falk
Director of Communications
Vermont
Business Roundtable
802-865-0410 x14
www.vtroundtable.org
"Making Vermont the Best Place to Do Business, Be Educated
and Live Life."