The Vermont Business Roundtable recognized its 25thanniversary and wrapped up a year-long celebration with a series of discussions and presentations focused on generational leadership and future change. The proceeds from its annual dinner and year-long fundraising initiative raised over $100,000 for its Nordic Educational Trust post-secondary, technical education scholarships.
Pictured Former Chairs: (F) Gov. F. Ray Keyser, Jr., Fred Bertrand, Bill Schubart, Staige Davis
(B) Lisa Ventriss (President), Gov. Thomas Salmon, Dick Chapman, Maxine Brandenburg (Founding President), Tim Volk, Steve Voigt (Current Chair), Bill Stritzler
Photo Credit: Karen Pike
Pictured: Gov. Jim Douglas, Gov. Tom Salmon, Gov. Madeleine Kunin, Gov. Ray Keyser
Photo Credit: Karen Pike
At its afternoon membership meeting, featured speakers included former Governors Douglas, Keyser, Kunin and Salmon, and past board chairs who commented on the ways in which the Roundtable has shaped Vermontâ s policy agenda and made lasting contributions to our understanding of critical issues. Also at the business meeting, members voted to extend Honorary Membership to Governors Howard Dean, Jim Douglas and Madeleine Kunin, who join former Roundtable chairs, Governors Keyser and Salmon. Members also elected John Brumsted, M.D., CEO of Fletcher Allen Health Care to its board of directors.
Pictured: Lisa Ventriss (President), Vision Award Recipient, Mary Powell, Steve Voigt (Chair)
Photo Credit: Karen Pike
The evening dinner gala included a presentation of the Roundtableâ s Vision Award to Mary Powell, CEO, Green Mountain Power, for her visionary and transformational leadership style that has benefitted not only her company but the State of Vermont and numerous not-for-profit organizations. Also at the event, the Board of Directors presented Lisa Ventriss with a gift recognizing her 10thanniversary of exceptional leadership as President of the organization.
The Roundtable is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of 120 CEOs of Vermont's top private and nonprofit employers, representing geographic diversity and all major sectors of the Vermont economy, with an aggregate economic impact of $292 billion, over $1.8 billion in corporate philanthropy, and employing more than 10 percent of the stateâ s workforce. The Roundtable is committed to sustaining a sound economy and preserving Vermontâ s unique quality of life by serving as a forum for studying and making recommendations on statewide public policy issues.