Tom MacLeay, with his wife Charlotte of 49 years, on their wedding day. Courtesy CVHHH
Vermont Business Magazine Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice (CVHHH) has announced that Tom MacLeay of Montpelier is the Honorary Chair of its year-end appeal. Tom is Chair of the National Life Group Foundation and a former President, CEO, and Chair of the Board of National Life Group. Tom shared his story with CVHHH’s extended community in a letter that mailed mid-November.
Tom’s connection to CVHHH was forged several decades ago through his wife, Charlotte, to whom he was married for 49 years. Nursing was Charlotte’s calling, according to Tom, and wherever the pair lived, Charlotte found work helping others. She was passionate about public health, and home health and education were her favorite parts of nursing.
Over the course of her career, Charlotte worked in home health care, in hospitals, as a childbirth educator, and, later, as the Rumney Memorial School librarian in Middlesex, VT.
Charlotte was one of the first to establish a private business offering childbirth education in Central Vermont and led the effort to create a statewide network of educators. When Charlotte connected with CVHHH, she began volunteering, offering blood pressure screenings, administering flu shots, and supporting hospice patients and their families. Eventually, she joined CVHHH’s Board of Directors and served several terms.
In remembrance of Charlotte and her lifelong commitment to Vermont families, Tom accepted the invitation to serve as Honorary Chair of CVHHH’s year-end fundraising campaign.
“Like Charlotte, I believe that CVHHH has a tremendous mission, with consistently strong leadership and dedicated, professional, and caring staff,” says Tom. “When I look around, almost every family I see — including my own toward the end of Charlotte’s life — has been supported in some way by CVHHH.”
When Tom retired from National Life, he shifted his focus to activities that meet the needs of Central Vermonters, with an emphasis on children and families. Charlotte’s involvement with CVHHH over several decades exposed him to the incredible, positive impact CVHHH has on families in Central Vermont. Tom says that it is clear to him, as it was to Charlotte, that people want to stay in their home for as long as possible.
“CVHHH’s mission of delivering high-quality healthcare to Central Vermonters at home — and providing education and support to keep people at home — benefits patients, families, and the broader healthcare system.”
Tom closed his appeal letter with a call to support CVHHH: “I’m proud to say that here in Central Vermont, we support our neighbors — it’s just what we do.”
To learn more about CVHHH and donate to the year-end appeal, visit www.cvhhh.org/donate
11.19.2025. Barre, VT – Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice
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