Elaine Sopchak has been most recently appointed to the Channel 17 Board of Trustees. She is from Essex Junction. The Channel 17 Board of Trustees oversees operations for this government access channel. It is made up of members from the 7 communities served in the Comcast North and Burlington Telecom regions. Trustees are appointed by their home community.
Sopchak is a community volunteer, founder of the Five Corners Farmers' Market, a former Village Planning Commissioner, and was a Brownell Library Trustee for several years. She is as an assistant to the Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges. She agrees that having Trustee meetings broadcast online and on Channel 17 is one very effective way of sharing the governmental process with people.
