The Board of the Grafton, Vermont-based Windham Foundation has announced that former Marlboro College president Ellen McCulloch-Lovell has been appointed as a member of its board of trustees.
Lovell recently concluded 11 years of service as the President of Marlboro College where she was a national advocate for liberal arts and sciences. Under her leadership, the college carried out several successful strategic initiatives, including expanding its graduate and professional studies and improving its two campuses in Marlboro and downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. Prior to her tenure at Marlboro, Lovell served as Chief of Staff for Senator Patrick Leahy and as Deputy Assistant to President Bill Clinton. During her work in Washington, DC, she created Save America's Treasures with Hillary Rodham Clinton, a national preservation program through the National Park Service.
"The trustees and staff of The Windham Foundation are delighted that Ellen McCulloch-Lovell is joining us in our work to preserve Vermont's rural traditions and small town vitality," said Windham Foundation Board of Trustees President Liz Bankowski. "She has an amazing set of skills and accomplishments that will enrich and enhance our efforts."
In addition to her new appointment to the Windham Foundation board, Lovell currently serves as Chair of the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. She and her husband recently made the move to Montpelier from southern Vermont.
Headquartered in Grafton, Vermont, the Windham Foundation is an operating foundation engaged in philanthropic, charitable and educational activities. Since its inception in 1963, its mission is to promote the vitality of Grafton and Vermont's rural communities through its philanthropic and educational programs and its subsidiaries whose operations contribute to these endeavors. The Foundation is the owner of Grafton Village Cheese Co. and the Grafton Inn.