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Club President
Ted Bird
 tbird@benningtonrotary.com
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| 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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Past President
Lisa Byer
lbyer@benningtonrotary.com
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| Originally from the Albany; NY area; Lisa came to Bennington in 1996 from Cape Cod were she had lived for a number of years. After taking a position at CAT-TV in 1997; she remained with the organization; which serves as Bennington's local cable access television stations; until finally becoming it's Executive Director in 2003. In addition to the Bennington Rotary Club; Lisa is active in several area and statewide organizations including the Chamber of Commerce; Shires Media Partnership/WBTN; Vermont Access Network and Vermont Media Exchange. |
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Director of Fundraising
Janet Groom
jgroom@benningtonrotary.com
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| Janet Groom works in higher education as an Academic Advisor for the Community College of Vermont in Bennington. Additionally; she teaches college sections of courses in psychology and introductory acting classes. While Janet has acted and directed in both scripted and improvisational theater in the past; she currently is a member of the Dorset Players where she has performed as an actor and director in numerous shows. Another favorite pastime for Janet is watercolor painting. Janet remains a life-long student with barely a semester going by where you will not find her in the classroom as a student. |
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Club Secretary
Susan Katz
skatz@benningtonrotary.com
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| Sue is a financial planner and an active Rotarian. |
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Director of Community Service
Scott Kreutz
scottkreutz@benningtonrotary.com
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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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Director of International Service
Timothy Lefevre
tlefevre@benningtonrotary.com
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I am a Certified Public Accountant with Love, Cody & Company, CPAs, P.C. in Bennington, where I am the audit supervisor. Don’t let the title fool you, I spend a lot of time in the tax department as well. I am on the board of directors of Bennington Young Professionals, Inc. and am currently the treasurer. I am also a member of the Vermont Society of CPAs, the AICPA, and the Brights’ Network.
I originally moved to the area from Central Massachusetts to attend Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, graduating in 2001 with a degree in Business Administration. I attempt to stay in shape by playing tennis and basketball. But I enjoy playing or watching just about all sports (auto racing and golf are not sports). I try to attend a couple football and basketball games each year at UMass, where I began my post-secondary education. |
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Director of Vocational Service
Lindy Lynch
llynch@benningtonrotary.com
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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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Vice President
David Newell
dnewell@benningtonrotary.com
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David J. Newell is President of Wills Insurance Inc.
Joined Wills Insurance in 1979. Before that I was executive director of the Bennington Chamber of Commerce from 1976-79.
Became a Bennington Rotarian in 1976. President of the club in 1985.
BA from Dickinson College; Carlisle; Pa. 1973
MA from Univ of Pennsylvania in 1975
Three children. Wife is Carol Newell. Reside in Shaftsbury |
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Sergeant At Arms
Bob Plunkett
bplunkett@benningtonrotary.com
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Married to the former Eileen Kinney, of Bennington, for 36 years. 2 adult children: Matt and Robert. Robert is a Deputy State's Attorney in Bennington. Matt is a greens keeper at Equinox C.C. and a substitute teacher in the local schools. Eileen teaches at the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing after a 12 year career as a nurse with the State of VT. Health Dept.
I have been in banking for over 35 years, 31 of those years with the Chittenden Bank. Interests include: golf, traveling; low impact exercising and spending time with family. Have lived in Bennington for the past 28 years and besides working, have volunteered my time with various organizations: Rotary, Bennington Museum Board, Chamber of Commerce (years ago), BCIC.
I'm really looking forward to retirement so I can spend more time with my family and finally put a dent in that "honey do list". |
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President-Elect
Paul Roth
proth@benningtonrotary.com
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| 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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Club Treasurer
Patrick Runyon
prunyon@benningtonrotary.com
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Patrick grew up in Michigan; north of Detroit. He has been in banking for just under ten years. He started working at Wells Fargo Bank in Minneapolis. He was there for five years working his way up to manager. He then decided to move to Vermont where he worked at Chittenden Bank in Wilmington while living in Brattleboro. After that he went to work in London. Although he enjoyed traveling in Europe; he knew that he wanted to come back to Vermont to live and work.
All along he was pursuing his education at the same time. He has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. He is now pursuing an MBA on line from California Coast University. He enjoys being able to do the work on his time although it is more of a challenge than the traditional college education.
In banking he enjoys getting to know the customers and to understand them and their needs. It brings satisfaction to help them achieve their goals. As for the current banking crisis; he feels that we can learn from the past to prevent these kinds of problems from happening again. June; 2009
Patrick enjoys cooking and having dinner parties with friends and family.
Patrick was a member of the Deerfield Rotary Club and was also a member of Rotary when he was in London. He is honored that he was asked to be Treasurer next year. He knows that it is not an easy job and that you have to be organized; but he is looking forward to it.
Patrick believes a lot in what Rotary does; locally and internationally. He is looking forward to the opportunities for working more and volunteering more of his time. He is delighted to be a member of the Bennington Rotary. |
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Director of Club Service
Kristin Reed
kreed@benningtonrotary.com
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| bio coming soon! |
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