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Paul Roth
 proth@benningtonrotary.com | | Paul is the Director of Facilities at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center; Bennington VT. Paul is a very active Rotarian. Paul lives in Arlington; Vermont with his wife Archie. |
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 | Director of Club Service
Lynne Stratton
lstratton@benningtonrotary.com | Lynne moved to Bennington just over two years ago from Massachusetts. She has four grown children, two grandchildren and another grandchild on the way. She loves to spend time with her family.
She is the manager of Watson House since March. It is a sixteen bed community care home. They provide assisted living. They take care of the whole person, helping with medication, personal care, medical appointments, meals, laundry and everything necessary for the well-being of the residents. They also have as much fun as they can.
Lynne has been working with seniors since 1996. She worked in supportive housing in Massachusetts. When she started working with the elderly and disabled, she fell in love with the work. She was a resident service coordinator for years and received much of her training while working in this position. She worked on obtaining the community resources that were available for low income seniors.
Lynne comes to the Bennington Rotary with ten years of experience in Rotary. She was President of her club in Redding, Massachusetts in 2007-08. When she first moved to Bennington, her employer did not support Rotary at all so that she could not join. However, her current employer does and she is glad to be a part of the club. This club has been so welcoming and she thinks it is a great group of people. |
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 | Vice President
Lindy Lynch
llynch@benningtonrotary.com | Co-owner of the poplular restaurant Kevin's Sports Pub and Restaurant. That is my real job that pays the bills.
Community involvement includes: Vice President of the local Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce and Events Chair. Serve on the State Board Chamber serving also on the hospitality committee; on the committee of the Norshaft Lions Community built park; Shires Media Partnership board member which purchased WBTN to keep it live and local.
Hobbies include traveling to warm places to recharge my battery; reading; and family. |
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Scott Kreutz
skreutz@benningtonrotary.com | Scott has always been a banker. He grew up in Plainfield New Jersey, moved to the Midwest, Akron, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan. He went to the University of Ithaca and to Graduate School at Northwestern in Chicago. When he graduated, he decided he didn't want to be a lawyer, so he became a banker. He had a busy, busy life for thirty years traveling all over the world on banking business.
Scott moved to Bennington four and a half years ago, but was commuting to work until last October when he retired. He had been looking for a house in New England when he drove to Bennington and realized he had been here in the 80s when the Equinox Hotel had opened in Manchester. He saw the Old First church and recognized the town. He was a tourist who came back. |
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 | President-Elect
Kristin Reed
kreed@benningtonrotary.com | | Member Bio. - Coming Soon! |
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 | Director of Vocational Service
Jim Thibodeau
jthibodeau@benningtonrotary.com | | Jim owns the local State Farm Office in Bennington. Jim is a very active Rotarian. He lives in North Bennington with his family. |
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 | Past President
Ted Bird
tbird@benningtonrotary.com | | Born and brought up in Bennington County and moved to Bennington in 1952. Graduated from Bennington High School in 1958 and bought Abe Noveck's music and photography store with Cy Shultz in 1962. Established own business in 1967. Joined Bennington Rotary Club in 1968 and was president in the 1973-74 Rotary Year. Married and had three children. Closed business in 1979 and left town for 23 years. Moved back in 2002 because of three children, five grandchildren and one Prom Queen. Started selling Commercial Real Estate for Hoisington Realty in 2003. Also rejoined Benningon Rotary Club in same year. Sings in the Choir at the Second Congregational Church and is a Past President of the Bennington Historical Society. |
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Brian McKenna
bmckenna@benningtonrotary.com | Brian graduated from Mount Anthony Union High School in 2000, and went on to attain his bachelor's degree at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Upon graduation, Brian accepted a position as an equities analyst with Credit Suisse, in London. He returned to Bennington with his wife, Jennifer, in 2006 to join the family firm.
Brian is an involved member of his community and is currently an active participant with many of the Bennington Chamber of Commerce's events, the Better Bennington Corporation's Young Professionals Group, and also the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Vermont.
Brian holds high professional standards for himself and is pursuing the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER professional certification. |
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 | Club Secretary
Susan Katz
skatz@benningtonrotary.com | | Sue is a financial planner and an active Rotarian. Sue is currently the Club Secretary. |
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 | Sergeant At Arms
Robert Ebert
rebert@benningtonrotary.com | Robert graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Humanities.
Although he had never thought of being a public servant, many times during his career he thought of how fortunate he was to be working in emergency care when he saw people at some of the worst times in their lives who looked to him to make things better. There were many different jobs Robert did within the fire department.
Robert is amused that since he moved to Vermont not many people are impressed with how rich a career fire fighting is.
Since Robert has moved to Bennington, he has enjoyed the diversity of physical activities available and the number of opportunities there are to volunteer in the community. |
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