Howard Center recently appointed Charlotte Ancel and Kerrick Johnson to three-year terms its board of trustees. Ancel and Johnson were appointed to fill three-year terms on the Board.
South Burlington resident Charlotte Ancel is Vice President, General Counsel & Power Resources at Green Mountain Power. Previously, she was a partner at the Burlington law firm of Sheehey Furlong & Behm. She is a graduate of Boston College and the University of New Hampshire School of Law. Prior to law school, she was a Howard Center employee and worked as a teacher at the CenterPoint School. Ancel currently serves as President on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Chittenden County.
Kerrick Johnson, a North Middlesex resident, is the Vice President of Communications, Systems, and Strategy at the Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), having joined the company in 2006. He previously served as Director of Government Affairs for Central Vermont Public Service and as Vice President of Associated Industries of Vermont. While attending Johnson State College, Mr. Johnson worked at the Vermont Attorney General’s Office as Legislative Liaison and as an Investigator for the Consumer Protection Division. Prior to that, Mr. Johnson served a four-year enlistment in the U.S. Air Force as an airborne cryptological linguist after graduating from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA.
In addition, the Board of Trustees elected new officers, including Elizabeth Bassett of Charlotte as President, Gail Stevenson of South Burlington as Vice President, Matthew Frazee of Williston as Treasurer, and Marna Tulin of North Ferrisburgh as Secretary.
Howard Center offers life-saving professional crisis and counseling services to children and adults; supportive services to individuals with autism and developmental disabilities who need help with education, employment, and life maintenance skills; counseling and medical services for those struggling with substance abuse, and intensive interventions for adults with serious and persistent mental health challenges. The agency serves more than 8,300 clients and thousands of additional individuals who receive support and services without officially enrolling as clients. Howard Center is a funded agency of United Way of Chittenden County.