Bruce Shields named president of Ethan Allen Institute

Dr Bruce Shields of Eden is the new President and CEO of Ethan Allen Institute. Bruce has a long record of leadership and service to a wide range of Vermont organizations. He has served 10 years as Eden town moderator, 15 years as lister, and three years on the Lamoille North Supervisory District School Board.
Bruce, a family tree farmer, has been active in farmand forestry work for many years. He has served asstate treasurer of the Vermont Farm Bureau since 1994and as vice president and president of the LamoilleCounty Farm Bureau for 13 years.
He has been activefor many years in leadership positions in the VermontTimber Truckers and Producers Association, the VermontSugar Makers Association, the Vermont ForestryFoundation, and the Vermont Forest Products Association.
Bruce’s small business experience includes managingthe Morrisville Agway store for five years and apartnership in the Demeritt Lumber Company ofNorth Wolcott.Bruce graduated from Harvard, earned a diploma inliterature at Edinburgh University in Scotland, and receivedM.A. and PhD degrees from Rutgers. He hastaught at Russell Sage College, Norwich Universityand Johnson State College.
‘The election of a man as qualified, experienced andwell known as Bruce Shields to be EAI President willlaunch EAI into a new phase in our effort to become amore influential force in Vermont for liberty, community,limited and solvent government, competitive enterprise,and economic opportunity’, said Board chair Jack McMullen of Burlington.