John Mandeville of East Hardwick has been appointed Executive Director for the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation based in Morrisville. He replaces Art Sanborn who is retiring effective April 1, 2010.
Mandeville moved to Vermont in 2000 having spent the previous 7 years as the Managing Director of the European subsidiary of an American company based in southern England. Since moving to Vermont he has worked for the New England Culinary Institute, has been an Area Business Advisor for the Vermont Small Business Development Center covering the Northeast Kingdom, Lamoille County and, briefly, Franklin County, and has most recently been the Director of the Incubator Without Walls program at Lyndon State College. The Incubator is a joint effort between the college and the VtSBDC. Mandeville is also a Peer Counselor for the Peer to Peer Collaborative, a part of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, and has served on the Boards of the Hardwick Electric Department and Northern Counties Health Care for many years. His wife, Joyce, is the Executive Director of the T.W. Wood Gallery and Art Center on the campus of the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.
The LEDC is one of 12 Regional Development Corporations covering all of Vermont. The RDCs are tasked with facilitating economic and business development as well as work force development within their assigned regions. Mandeville says, “I look forward to working with existing businesses, new businesses, stakeholders and government officials to continue the terrific work the LEDC has done through the years in maximizing development opportunities throughout all of Lamoille County. The challenging times through which we are all now living present opportunities which the LEDC Board and I intend to exploit to the fullest extent possible. “
The LEDC may be reached at 888-5640 or [email protected]
New executive director named for Lamoille Economic Development Corporation
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