Four new members joined the ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, board of directors with terms effective April 1.
Sara Muyskens is former ECHO board chair and has been intimately involved since the organization's inception. Paul Sisson has also served on the board and is former planning and finance committee chair.
Tom Leavitt joined for the first time but has worked with ECHO professionally and has followed the organization’s growth. Scott Rossborough, new to the area, found ECHO to be in line with his goals after researching local nonprofits.
These four individuals share a passion for the health of, and stewardship for, Lake Champlain. They bring to the board a wealth of knowledge from their professional experience and have a desire to help ECHO and the communities it serves.
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is an innovative science center and lake aquarium located on Burlington, Vermont’s Waterfront. ECHO leverages its unique setting to inspire and engage people to become advocates for a healthier lake Champlain. ECHO uses its numerous interactive exhibits and animal ambassadors to educate and delight about the Ecology, Culture, History, and Opportunity for stewardship of the Lake Champlain Basin. ECHO is the public face of the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, a 2.7 acre campus that also includes the University of Vermont Rubenstein Ecosystem Laboratory and research vessel, Lake Champlain Sea Grant, the Lake Champlain Basin Program, and the Lake Champlain Navy Memorial. ECHO boasts an eclectic gift shop and café featuring food prepared by SugarSnap. Open year-round, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Day.