Cornwall resident Tracy Himmel Isham was recently elected as the newest member of the Smart Growth of Vermont Board. "We are pleased to have Tracy join our board," said Noelle MacKay, Executive Director. "She will bring a unique blend of hands-on knowledge of land use planning as well as a broader view of non-profit management from her professional experience."
Tracy currently serves as co-chair of the Cornwall Planning Commission in Addison County. She has worked professionally at Middlebury College for the last five years as a career counselor, an international student advisor and director of DigitalBridges2.0, which works with VT-based entrepreneurial start-ups. Tracy brings broad experience from both non-profit and for-profit business management, strategic planning, marketing, budgeting, and evaluation. She worked for fourteen years in the forest products industry in Washington, DC and later upon arriving to Vermont for environmental organizations. Tracy is a native New Englander but grew up overseas. She graduated from Emory University with a BA in International Studies.
"The issues that Smart Growth Vermont deals with are a high priority to me both professionally and personally as I watch the changing landscape of Vermont. I am pleased to join a team of dedicated staff and professionals as we work with communities from all over the state to tackle their problems and provide tools that assist them in finding balance between growth and conservation."
Smart Growth Vermont is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to forging growth and conservation solutions for Vermont communities and working rural lands. We work both on-the-ground in communities and at the state level to help develop and implement land use legislation designed to foster growth that works to strengthen our downtowns and village centers while conserving our working landscape and open areas. For more information, please visit Smart Growth Vermont's website at www.smartgrowthvermont.org.