The Board of the Grafton, Vermont-based Windham Foundation announced today that Fredric (Rick) Boswell has been appointed as a member of its Board of Trustees.
For the past 20 years, Boswell has worked in the venture capital industry in startup and emerging growth companies on the East and West Coast. Prior to that, he held senior level marketing and management positions in the technology industry.
Boswell has extensive board experience, having served on more than 30 boards of corporations, nonprofits and associations, as well as chaired several board committees in the areas of compensation, auditing and strategy. He sat in on his first board meeting with the Windham Foundation earlier this month.
Boswell and his wife divide their time between Grafton and New Hampshire; they have been visitors and part-time residents of Grafton for 37 years.
The Windham Foundation is an operating foundation with the primary mission of promoting Vermont’s rural communities, including support for indigenous enterprises including Grafton Village Cheese and the Grafton Inn.
Headquartered in Grafton, Vermont, the Windham Foundation is an operating foundation engaged in philanthropic, charitable and educational activities. Since its inception in 1963, its mission is to promote the vitality of Grafton and Vermont’s rural communities through its philanthropic and educational programs and its subsidiaries whose operations contribute to these endeavors. The Foundation is the owner of Grafton Village Cheese Co., the Grafton Inn and the Retreat Farm.
