The Center for Women & Enterprise Vermont (CWEVT) is pleased to welcome Megan Sullivan to its statewide Advisory Board. Megan brings a wealth of experience in government and advocacy. She will help provide guidance to CWEVT as it fulfills its mission of strengthening individuals, their families and communities across Vermont by helping women launch and successfully sustain businesses.
Megan Sullivan is the Executive Director of the Vermont Economic Progress Council (VEPC), a statewide independent council with authorization and oversight of the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive and Vermont’s Tax Increment Financing program. She was appointed Executive Director of VEPC in 2018 by Vermont Governor Phil Scott. Prior to this appointment, Megan was the Business Liaison in Congressman Peter Welch’s Vermont district office. Megan is an alumna of the University of Vermont holding a degree in Political Science and Community & International Development. She is currently a Fellow with the Council of Development Finance Agency’s Franzini Fellowship for female leaders in development finance. Megan lives in Jericho, Vermont with her husband Kevin and two children Sam and Celeste.
Members of the CWEVT Advisory Board are Alexandra Clauss, Shareholder, Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC, Burlington; Jody R. Cole, Senior Vice President, Regional Manager Commercial Lending, People’s United Bank, Burlington; Cairn G. Cross, Co-Founder and Managing Director, FreshTracks Capital I, II, III, & IV, Shelburne; Lisa Groeneveld, Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of Logic Supply and Co-Founder of Tolmee, LLC, South Burlington; Cristine Hammer, Owner, Hammer Consulting & Copywriting, LLC, Essex; Linda Kelliher, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Kelliher Samets Volk, Burlington; Bonnie Pratt, CEO, Monarch Consulting, Cambridge; Sarah Richards, CPA, Audit Partner, Gallagher, Flynn & Company, Burlington; Tyler Richardson, Executive Director, Rutland Economic Development Corporation, Rutland.
“I am thrilled to be joining the Advisory Board of the Center for Women and Enterprise Vermont,” said Megan Sullivan. “I look forward to the opportunity to work with this incredibly talented board and the amazing staff of CWEVT to help further support and highlight the important mission of this organization in Vermont.”
“We could not be more delighted to count Megan as one of our advisors,” said Gwen Pokalo, Director of CWEVT. “Megan’s background in advocacy is a terrific complement to the impressive CWEVT Board of Advisors. Their wisdom, insight, and commitment help ensure CWEVT serves with relevance, awareness, and impact.”
CWEVT was established in 2016 in partnership with the Small Business Administration’s Vermont Women’s Business Center grant and provides statewide no-cost individual business counseling, education & training, networking opportunities, and Women’s Business Enterprise Certification. CWEVT is one of the 5 Women’s Business Centers hosted by the regional Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE), an economic development nonprofit founded in 1995 that helps strengthen individuals, their families and their communities by helping women launch and successfully sustain businesses. CWE’s other offices include Central & Eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & New Hampshire, the Veterans Business Outreach Center of New England (VBOC of NE), and the New England affiliate for Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC Certification is nationally recognized in helping established women business owners access new corporate contracts with organizations that are actively seeking supplier diversity. For information on CWE visit, www.CWEonline.org.