Four public trustees have been appointed to the UVM Board of Trustees. The board also added a new student trustee. Three legislative trustees were elected to six year terms by the Vermont General Assembly. They include Kevin “Coach” Christie, representing Windsor district 4-2; Carole Ode, representing the Chittenden County sixth district, and Samuel Young, representing the Orleans-Caledonia district. They succeed Anne O’Brien, Donna Sweaney and Jeff Wilson.
A former coach, technical educator, director of the Hartford Technical Career Center and Vermont Technical Education Teacher of the Year, Christie serves on the House Committee on Judiciary; the Pre-Kindergarten-16 Council; the Higher Education Subcommittee; and the Advisory Council on Special Education.
A former school teacher, Ode served on the Burlington School Board for more than ten years and was chair for seven consecutive years. She serves on the House Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Committee. She is a Phi Beta Kappa history major at UVM and has a law degree from Cornell.
Young is self-employed as a web developer and was formerly employed as a CAD (computer-aided design) designer and carpenter. He is serving his fifth term in office. He spent four years on the Commerce and Economic Development committee and currently serves on the House Ways & Means committee.
Carolyn Dwyer, a management consultant who has owned her own practice for 12 years, was re-appointed by Governor Phil Scott to another six-year term.
David Gringeri, a sophomore undergraduate student from West Haven, Vt., will serve a two-year term as the new student trustee. He is majoring in Business Administration and minoring in economics and computer science. He succeeds Caitlin McHugh.
The new trustees officially will attend their first regular full board meeting May 18 and 19.