Board Members and Staff

Sarah Robson Jarvis, Chair
Former Montpelier City Councilor
Vice President & General Counsel, Union Mutual Insurance Company, Montpelier

Lauren Hierl, Vice-Chair
Former Montpelier City Councilor
Executive Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Tim Heney, Treasurer
Former Montpelier City Councilor
Real Estate Broker, Heney Realtors

Paul Carnahan, Secretary
Historian

Justin Barnard
Partner, Dinse Law Firm, Burlington

Paul Costello
Former Executive Director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development

Ben Doyle
Montpelier City Councilor
President, Preservation Trust of Vermont

Richarda Ericson
Outreach Program Manager, Vermont Department of Public Service

Ed Flanagan
President, Montpelier Broadcasting, Inc.

Karen Freeman
Associate Conservation Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Marc Gwinn
CFP Professional, Edward Jones

James Rea
Principal, ExpertsClearly

Aly Richards
Former Executive Director, Let’s Grow Kids

Stephanie Smith
Deputy Director, Vermont Emergency Management

Katie Trautz
Executive Director, Montpelier Alive

Jon Copans, Executive Director

Jillian Turcola, Community Resilience Projects Coordinator
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