Robert F. Cioffi, a native Vermonter from St. Albans, has been elected chair of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees.
Cioffi is currently a venture partner at Alerion Partners, a private equity fund located in Rowayton, Connecticut. He lives in New Canaan, CT with his wife Meghan (UVM Class of 1991) and their three children.
Before joining Alerion, Cioffi was a Senior Vice President with GE Equity, a subsidiary of GE Capital Corporation. Upon graduating from UVM in 1990 with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Economics, Cioffi worked for the Franklin County Industrial Development Corp. In addition, Cioffi worked on the staff of former U.S. Senator James Jeffords. He later moved to New York to join the Chase Manhattan Bank. In 1998 Cioffi joined GE Equity, after receiving his M.B.A. fromDuke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Cioffi was elected to the UVM Board of Trustees in 2002 by the self-perpetuating board of nine trustees. He was re-elected to a second 6-year term in 2008. Cioffi also served as a UVM student trustee from 1988 to 1990. He is a recipient of the UVM Young Alumni Award and the Kidder Medal. He replaces Ian Boyce, who served as chair for the past two years. Boyce's term on the Board will end in 2012.
In accepting this responsibility, Cioffi stated, "It is an honor and a privilege to be elected to serve as chair of the UVM Board. My experience growing up in St. Albans and attending UVM helped me appreciate how important the relationship between Vermont and its University is to the future of the Green Mountain State. UVM has become a major player on both the local and national stage, and I look forward to working with the Board and the University community to build on our success. I am also very fortunate to be following in the footsteps of Ian Boyce, and wish to express my sincere thanks to him for a job exceedingly well done."
