Community Capital of Vermont (CCVT), a statewide, nonprofit community-based lending organization that provides loans to underserved businesspeople and new entrepreneurs, has selected officer and members of the board of directors for Fiscal Year 2017. Peggy Henry of VSECU has been appointed President, and Dave Keenan of Yankee Farm Credit is Vice President. Ed Read of Mad River Property Management is Treasurer, and Ela Chapin of the Vermont Housing Conservation Board’s Farm and Forest Viability Program is Secretary.
Terms were renewed for board members Karen Winchell, Mary Niebling of Capstone Community Action, Hope Crifo of Merchants Bank, Sarah DeFelice of Bailey Road boutique in Montpelier, and Peter Hood.
The Board welcomed new member Patti Komline, a former legislator who is now the principal of her own business consulting company.
CCVT has grown dramatically in the last several years, and in 2017 the organization will launch its strategic plan. Last month CCVT was recognized once again as the region’s highest volume Small Business Administration microlender, leading New England with small business loans for several years in a row.
CCVT loans range from $1,000 to $100,000 and may be used to start or grow a business. For more information on Community Capital of Vermont or to apply for a loan, please see www.communitycapitalvt.org.