The Vermont Humanities Council is pleased to announce that it has hired Amy Cunningham as its Director of Community Programs. Cunningham was formerly the executive director of Everybody Wins! Vermont. Prior to that, she was the Director of Education and Public Programming at the Vermont Historical Society.
“VHC is very excited to bring aboard someone who knows the terrain of not only the nonprofit world, but also of the kinds of programs that form the backbone of VHC’s work,” said VHC’s executive director Peter Gilbert. “VHC looks forward to the energy, expertise, and numerous working connections Amy will bring to the Council to help further its mission through its public programs.”
A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Cunningham earned an MA in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Cooperstown, NY. At Everybody Wins! Vermont, she transformed the nonprofit into a well-established, innovative organization that engages nineteen employees and nearly 700 volunteer mentors across the state. In that position, Cunningham developed strong working relationships with administrators in numerous Vermont schools.
As Director of Education and Public Programming at the Vermont Historical Society, Cunningham oversaw the training of volunteers and coordinated more than thirty exhibiting museums, family programs, hands-on history activities, preservation demonstrations, and events for the Vermont History Expo. She was also a liaison to Vermont’s 185 local historical societies and coordinator for Vermont History Day.
Vermont Humanities Council is a private nonprofit working to bring the power and the pleasure of the humanities to all Vermonters—of every background and in every community. The Council strives to make Vermont a state in which every individual reads, participates in public affairs, and continues to learn throughout life.