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Church has also served as the Deputy Secretary of Administration for the State of Vermont and as the Vermont Commissioner of Finance and Management/State Budget Director. As such, he served two terms on the senior staff of Governor Richard A. Snelling, a Republican, and two terms on the senior staff of Governor Madeleine May Kunin, a Democrat.

 

After earning his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Colorado, he began working in education as a special education math teacher at Landmark School in Massachusetts. John entered graduate school at the University of Vermont where he completed a Masters Degree focusing on special education.

John has worked in Vermont public schools since 1977. His positions have included special education teacher and administrator, elementary teacher, math teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent for curriculum. Currently John serves the City of Montpelier, Vermont as Superintendent of Schools.

 

Val has worked as a teacher and coach, as well as Associate Principal and Principal at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vermont. CVU has been recognized at the state and national level for innovative programs.

 

Professor Cheryl Hanna is an expert on constitutional law, criminal law, the United States Supreme Court, and women and the law. Much of her scholarship focuses on the social status of women and girls in America. At Vermont Law School, Professor Hanna has taught Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Women and the Law, and a seminar on The Seven Deadly Sins. She is also active in training leaders throughout Vermont and elsewhere on ethics and decision-making. Professor Hanna received her B.A. degree in sociology and anthropology, magna cum laude, from Kalamazoo College in 1988 and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard University in 1992. Upon graduation, she served on the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign, and then as an assistant state’s attorney in Baltimore City before joining the Vermont Law School faculty in 1994. She has also been a visiting professor at the University of California–Hastings College of the Law. Among her many accomplishments, Professor Hanna received the Irving R. Kaufman Fellowship in 1993 for young lawyers who hold significant promise in public interest lawyering. In 1998, she received the Vermont Women in Higher Education’s Margaret R. Williams Emerging Professional Award, and the Vermont Law School Student Bar Association Faculty Award the following year. In 2001–2002, she was a fellow at the Snelling Center for Government, Vermont Leadership Institute. In 2004, she received the first Phenomenal Woman Award given by the Vermont Women’s Law Group as well as an honorary Schweitzer Fellowship for work with the Schweitzer Fellowship Program. Active in both the local and national legal communities, Professor Hanna has served as chair of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section of Law and the Social Sciences, as an advisor to the Vermont Judicial College, and as a member of the Vermont Gender Bias Study Implementation Task Force. She has also served on the board of trustees of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, on the policy advisory committee of the Snelling Center for Government, and is on the board of the Girl Scout Council of Vermont. Her work has been cited by the United States Supreme Court, as well as by the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Newsweek, Glamour Magazine, and Fox News. Professor Hanna is a commentator for Vermont Public Radio and WCAX-TV 3 News.

 

 

 

Richard Marron

Ricahrd C. Marron was born in Albany, New York, on February 17, 1938, and became a resident of present town in 1975. Occupation: owner, Town & Country Resort at Stowe. He was educated at Public School #19, and Albany Academy, Albany, New York; University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.A., 1959); attended New York University School of Law, New York, New York and SUNY at Albany, Graduate School of Public Affairs, Albany, New York. He is married to the former Mildred T. Noce, and they have a daughter and two sons. Member of: Stowe select board, chair; Stowe Area Association, past president; Stowe Performing Arts, past president and director emeritus; Vermont State Colleges, trustee; Union Bank, director; Northern Vermont Chapter American Red Cross, past director; Major, United States Army Reserve, retired; National Guard Association of the United States; Stowe Rotary Club, president (1998-99); Temporary New York State Commission, 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games. Member of the House: 1997-98 (appointed March 18, 1997), 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006.

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Kevin O'Donnell

Kevin O’Donnell is married with two children, a native of Canton, Ma. He has a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and an A.A.S. in Culinary Arts from Cobleskill Agricultural and Technical College.

 

Currently as Vice President and Innkeeper of The Old Tavern at Grafton in Grafton Vermont. This forty-six room historic property is the cornerstone of this small New England community and is owned and operated by The Windham Foundation. The Windham Foundation is Vermont’s largest non-profit foundation and they own several for profit businesses including the Grafton Village Cheese Company. In his role, Kevin oversees a multi-million dollar business and is responsible for all marketing and Public Relations for the property in the historic community. He works closely with the President and CEO of the Windham Foundation to promote all it’s interests and to further the Historic Preservation mission of the Foundation.   Before The Old Tavern, Kevin was the Managing Director of the Inn at Shelburne Farms. Kevin has worked closely with the President of Shelburne Farms and the Board of Directors to enhance the agricultural mission of the Farm.

In addition to incorporating an educational intern program for area hotel schools and culinary schools, the Inn grew much of produce used by the restaurant. The Inn also had a nationally recognized wine list and was a Wine Spectator award winner during his tenure.

Before the Inn at Shelburne Farms, Kevin managed country clubs in New York and Chicago for ten years and was the Managing Director of the prestigious destination resort, Busterback Ranch in Sun Valley, Idaho.

The Old Tavern at Grafton is located in Southern Vermont, north of Brattleboro. The property is a member of the prestigious Historic Hotels of America and has been featured in such major publications such as Gourmet, Conte Neste, Andrew Harper's Hideaway report and Travel & Leisure. The Tavern features a Four Diamond, 100-seat restaurant and is recognized as one of the premier properties in New England.

Kevin is a member of Cayuga Hospitality Advisors, which is an international network of executives counseling the hotel, resort, club, casino and food service industries and is the sole principal of his own consulting company, Llenroc Consulting, specializing in Country inns, clubs and restaurants.

Kevin is the Past Chairman of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, the Chairman of the Vermont Hospitality Council and is an appointee to the Governor’s Travel and Recreation Council which he also chairs. He is on the inn advisory committee for Historic Deerfield and has also been recognized as Vermont’s Innkeeper of the Year in 2001.

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John Simson

John Simson left a career in public policy in 1982 to co-found a financial advisory firm. After 21 years as a successful entrepreneur John has agreed to sell the business to his two partners at the end of 2004. He will join Economic & Policy Resources, Inc. in Williston,Vermont as a consultant specializing in local and state policy issues.

John's financial advisory firm specializes in financial planning strategies for businesses and individuals using all kinds of investments, insurance and retirement plans. John was also the co-founder of a company that designed structured settlements using specialized insurance products for plaintiffs in personal injury cases.

In the years since leaving public service, John has been very active as a volunteer serving on boards of non-profits in the fields of economic development, United Way, medicine, education and horticulture. John is Past President of his Rotary Club.

John holds a Master of Public Administration from George Washington University and a B.A. in sociology from Middlebury College.

 

Diane B. Snelling

Mark H. Snelling

 

 

Stephen C. Terry

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Emeritus

Duncan F. Brown

Robert T. Gannett, Esq.

 

Stephan A. Morse

Thomas P. Salmon

 

 

 

Richard Mallary

 

 

Distinguished Friends

Andrew P. Snelling

 

Barbara W. Snelling

Jacqueline T. Snelling