NEK Collaborative Board of Directors

By-laws limit board members to three consecutive terms. Some board members have served before their current consecutive terms (those given below).

Carol Moore      CHAIR
(Current term – third; commenced Sept ‘09)
President
Lyndon State College
Lyndonville, VT 05851
Tel: 626-6404   Fax: 626-4804
e-mail: carol.moore@lsc.vsc.edu

Kenn Stransky      VICE CHAIR
(Current term – second; commenced Sept ‘09)
Chair, Norton Planning Commission
12 VT Trail 114
Norton, VT 05907
Tel: 802-855-9935
e-mail: kennstransky@yahoo.com

Paul Denton     TREASURER
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘08)
Executive Director
Northeast Kingdom Community Action, Inc.
PO Box 346, 70 Main St.
Newport, VT 05855
Tel: 334-7316
e-mail: pdenton@nekcavt.org

Gloria Bruce     SECRETARY
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘08)
Executive Director
NEKTTA
PO Box 212
East Burke, VT 05832
Tel: 626-8511   Fax: 626-8803
e-mail: director@travelthekingdom.com

Sigurd Andersen
(Current term – third; commenced Sept ‘08)
Solbakken Technology Partners
572 Libby Road
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Phone: 748-2877
e-mail: sigurd@solbakkn.com

Jon Freeman
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘08)
CEO & President
NCIC
347 Portland St.
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Tel: 748-5101
e-mail: jfreeman@ncic.org

Ken Gordon
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘09)
Northeastern Vermont Area Agency on Aging (NEVAAA)

Andy Kehler
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘09)
Jasper Hill Farm (member of VT Cheese Council)

Gregory MacDonald
Field Director, Northeast Kingdom
Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS)
Newport District: 802-334-3915
St. Johnsbury District: 802-751-0168
e-mail: Gregory.MacDonald@ahs.state.vt.us

George Mathias
(Current term – third; commenced Sept ‘08)
Chief Operating Officer
Gilman Housing Trust, Inc.
48 Elm Street
Lyndonville, VT 05851
e-mail: georgem@nekhome.org
Tel: 802-535-3592 Fax: 877-689-5754

Bob Whittaker
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘08)
Dean of Institutional Advancement
Lyndon State College
PO Box 919, 1001 College Rd
Lyndonville, VT 05851
e-mail: bob.whittaker@lsc.vsc.edu
Tel: 626-?   Fax: 626-?

Ex Officio

Steve Patterson
Executive Director
NVDA
PO Box 630
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Tel: 748-5181   Fax: 748-1223
e-mail: spatterson@nvda.net

REAP/Collaborative Liaison
with USDA Rural Development

Steve Campbell
Area Director
USDA Rural Development
481 Summer Street, Suite 203
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Tel: 748-8746 x102   Fax: 748-1621
e-mail: steven.campbell@vt.usda.gov

NVDA Liaison

Dave Snedeker
Planning Manager
NVDA
PO Box 630, 36 Eastern Ave
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Tel: 748-5181 x20
e-mail: dsnedker@nvda.net