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).

Kenn Stransky      CHAIR
(Current term – third; commenced Sept ‘11)
Chair, Norton Planning Commission
12 VT Trail 114
Norton, VT 05907
Tel: 802-855-9935
e-mail: kennstransky@gmail.com

Bob Whittaker      VICE-CHAIR
(Current term – second; commenced Sept ‘10)
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-?

Colleen Long      TREASURER
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘11)
Marketing Consultant
Vermont Broadcast Associates
83 Pleasant St
Lyndonville, VT 05851
e-mail: colleenlong.vba@gmail.com
Tel: 802-748-2345 Cell: 802-595-1010

John Kleinhans      SECRETARY
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘11)
e-mail: john.kleinhans@td.com

Gregory MacDonald
(Current term – second; commenced Sept ‘11)
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

Merten Bangemann-Johnson
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘10)
CEO
Gilman Housing Trust, Inc.
PO Box 259, 48 Elm Street
Lyndonville, VT 05851
e-mail: mertenbj@nekhome.org
Tel: 802-535-3555 ext. 1600 Fax: 877-689-3760

Bill McMaster
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘10)
University of Vermont Extension
Email: bill.mcmaster@uvm.edu

Patricia Sears
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘10)
Executive Director
Newport City Renaissance Corporation
194 Main Street #208
Newport Vermont 05855
email: patricia.sears@discovernewportvt.com
Tel: 802-323-1056

Gloria Bruce
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘10)
Director
Northeast Kingdom Travel & Tourism Association
email: director@travelthekingdom.com
Tel:

Ann Nygard
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘10)
Email: ann.nygard@lsc.vsc.edu

Joe Patrissi
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘10)
Northeast Kingdom Community Action
Email: jpatrissi@nekcavt.org
Tel:

Mike Welch
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘10)
NEK Director of Economic Development
Northern Community Investment Corporation
347 Portland Street
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
email: mwelch@ncic.org
Tel: 802-748-5101, ext. 25

Michelle Tarryk
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘11)
Executive Director
Northeast Kingdom Learning Services, Inc.
1 Main Street
Newport, VT 05855
web: www.neklsvt.org
email: michelle.tarryk@neklsvt.org
Tel: 802-334-6532 ext. 1 Fax: 802-334-6555

Donna Higgons
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘11)
Executive Director
Vermont’s North Country Chamber of Commerce
246 The Causeway, PO Box 423
Newport, VT  05855
web: www.vtnorthcountry.org
email: director@vtnorthcountry.org
Phone: 802-334-7782 Toll free: 800-635-4643
Mobile: 802-272-0574

Tom Robinson
(Current term – first; commenced Sept ‘11)
Passumpsic Bank
Email: trobinson@passumpsicbank.com

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 ext. 102   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 ext. 15
e-mail: dsnedker@nvda.net