 | Jerry Albert
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 jalbert@benningtonrotary.com | www.benncool.com | |
Jerry has worked in the heat transfer industry for 45 years. He is a graduate of the US Army Engineers School, Ft. Belvoir, Va, and has a degree in Industrial Technology from CCV. He is a certified member of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society and a professional member of HVAC.COM.
He has handed control of Bennington Cooling and Heating, a company he founded in 1979, over to his son Richard. Jerry is still an advisor to that company. The Vermont licenses he holds are for electrical, plumbing, propane and oil. Also he is certified by the EPA for refrigerant usage.
Mary Lou, his wife and he have been married for 42 years and have resided on Main Street since 1980. They are parents of 4 children. Jerry has served as the Club's Sergeant-at Arms and is a Paul Harris Fellow.
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 | Ted Bird
Club President |
| tbird@benningtonrotary.com | www.hoisingtonvt.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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 | Bob Brower
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| bbrower@benningtonrotary.com | www.student-source.com | |
Bob and his wife Judie own Schoolhouse Marketing; which specializes in marketing for horticultural companies and have clients throughout the world. They also own Higher Education Marketing Associates; Inc. which helps colleges and universities recruit students to their schools.
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 | Gregory Burke
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| gburke@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Member Bio. - Coming Soon!
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 | Lisa Byer
Past President |
| lbyer@benningtonrotary.com | www.catamountaccess.com | |
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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 | Susan Coons
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| scoons@benningtonrotary.com | www.ishopberkshires.com | |
Susan J. Coons was born in Chicago; Illinois; and grew up in the San Fernando Valley; California As an adult she has lived in Illinois; Wisconsin; New York; Pennsylvania and California and has criss-crossed the country by plane; bus; train and auto; many times.
Having been a graphic artist; illustrator and Art Director for most of her career (with time out teaching elementary school for two years in Hollywood; California); she is now editor of the Vermont News Guide; TriState Pennysaver News; and produces a local television program;
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 | Carmen DeNatale
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| cdenatale@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Member Bio. - Coming Soon!
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 | Robert Ebert
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| 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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 | Harold Ehrenfreund
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| hehrenfreund@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Coming Soon!
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 | Fred Ehrich
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| fehrich@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Member Bio. - Coming Soon!
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 | Jon Endres
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| jendres@benningtonrotary.com | www.blazedesigninc.com | |
Jon was born in Bennington and attended local schools; graduating from Mount Anthony Union HS in 1987. He continued to Norwich University in Northfield; earning a Bachelor
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 | Joann Erenhouse
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| jerenhouse@benningtonrotary.com | www.bennington.com | |
Joann is the Director of the Bennington Chamber of Commerece. She is a gem for Bennington County and does a wonderful job promoting this area and our Rotary Club.
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 | Oakley Frost
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| ofrost@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Oakley is a retired Physician and is a very active Rotarian and has been for many years.
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 | Janet Groom
Director of Fundraising |
| jgroom@benningtonrotary.com | www.ccv.edu | |
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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 | Betsy Gunn
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| bgunn@benningtonrotary.com | www.ucsvt.org | |
A former teacher; Betsy is responsible for developing and implementing the four major components for the Head Start Program: health; education; social services; and parent development. Her additional duties include budget development; local and statewide community networking on early childhood programs; and supervision of The UCS Infant Toddler Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bennington County.
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 | Dean Hanson
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| dhanson@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Dean has been a Rotary member of the Bennington Club for 50+ years. He has served as secretary; President and is a Paul Harris Fellow. A native Vermonter; his early education was in Barton; VT with college work in Boston and Evanston; Ill.
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 | Michael Harrington
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| mharrington@benningtonrotary.com | www.newdirectionsconsulting.com | |
Michael works at the consulting firm, New Directions which celebrates its 25th in August of 2009. The company focuses on looking at different organizations and the effectiveness of organizations. They have branched out into a number of areas, but the core focus has always been training, team building and educating midlevel managers on effective ways to supervise, communicate and resolve conflicts.
Michael is looking forward to taking part in whatever is coming up at Rotary.
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 | Sam Hibbard
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| shibbard@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Member Bio. - Coming Soon!
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 | Barbara Hoar
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| bhoar@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Barbara is a retired Physical Education teacher at MAUHS. She has been the club secretary for many years and is passing that tourch on. She is involved in many community organizations including; BBC, the Chamber of Commerce, and St. Peters Church in Bennington. Barbara is a native of Shrewsbury, Vermont and currently lives in Bennington.
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 | Jen Holley
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| jholley@benningtonrotary.com | www.websitesandmore.com | |
Jen is the owner of Websites & More located in Shaftsbury; Vermont. She designs; maintains and hosts websites for companies; individuals and organizations. She joined Rotary in April of 2008 and looks forward to all the wonderful things and community involvement that Rotary has to offer.
Jen attended Mount Anthony Union High School; and graduated in 1987. Then attended Castleton State College and Southern Vermont Colege. While at SVC she was recognised by the National Dean’s List and Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities all four years. She was also 3 sport athlete participating in Basketball; Soccer; and Softball and also worked as the Assistant Registrar in the work study program when not in class.
Jen resides in Shaftsbury with her family.
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 | Brian Johansen
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| bjohansen@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Brian owns JC's Tavern in Bennington, Vermont. He lives in the Boston area and in Bennington. Brian enjoys Rotary and driving, since he commutes so much :) Brian is a very busy guy and has also served as our Sergant at Arms for many years.
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 | Shep Jones
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| sjones@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Born in Bennington; Graduate of Ben-Hi and Middlebury College; I first retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 20 years in the Ordnance Corps of the US Army providing logistics support around the world. We moved 21 times during that period.
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 | Susan Katz
Club Secretary |
| skatz@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Sue is a financial planner and an active Rotarian.
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 | Ron Knapp
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| rknapp@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Member Bio. - Coming Soon!
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 | Doug Krause
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| dkrause@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Doug lives in Old Bennington with his wife Marny; and has been a Rotarian actively involved in the Coordination of Rotary Exchange Programs for many years.
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 | Scott Kreutz
Director of Community Service |
| scottkreutz@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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 | Bruce Laumeister
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| blaumeister@benningtonrotary.com | www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org | |
Bruce is the owner of the Bennington Center for the Arts, located in Bennington. Bruce and his wife run the Center bringing art and culture to the Bennington Area.
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 | Timothy Lefevre
Director of International Service |
| tlefevre@benningtonrotary.com | www.lovecody.com | |
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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 | Lindy Lynch
Director of Vocational Service |
| llynch@benningtonrotary.com | www.kevinssportspubandrestaurant.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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 | Bob Matteson
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| bmatteson@benningtonrotary.com | | |
He set the world record for 92-year-olds in the 400-meter distance in June; 2008; at the Vermont Senior Championships in Burlington. In July; he broke the one- and two-mile marks in Colonie; NY. Less than a week later; he broke the 200-meter world record at the New England Masters Championship. In September; he was off to Maine where he broke the record for 800 meters. Finally; on a near-freezing day in late November; he broke the record for 100 meters
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 | Rye Mausert
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| rmausert@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Member Bio. - Coming Soon!
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 | Catherine McClure
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| cmcclure@benningtonrotary.com | www.svsu.org | |
Cathy was the first generation in her family to go right to college from high school. She was on the edge of the woman’s movement. She went to Hood College and then to Antioch Putney for her Master’s degree. She went to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a Certificate of Advanced Study.
She entered adminstration because a principal pointed out to her that she saw a bigger picture than just her classroom. She was a Federal Project administrator; a principal and Assistant Superintendent and then a Superintendent. She had retired before she came to Vermont; but she couldn’t stay retired and is now Superintendent. Her goals in her new role are to improve student achievement and communication between the principals and directors; SVU school boards and with the teachers and the community.
Cathy resides in Bennington.
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 | Brian McKenna
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| bmckenna@benningtonrotary.com | www.dbmckenna.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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 | Don McKenna
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| dmckenna@benningtonrotary.com | www.dbmckenna.com | |
As an investment professional for more than 25 years, Don McKenna understands the importance of carefully guiding his clients’ financial affairs with the same commitment he gives his own. It is his mission to help them establish financial plans by setting realistic goals and expectations, and implementing investment, tax, and financial strategies consistent with their needs.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University in 1965, Don spent 17 years in manufacturing management prior to establishing his investment business in 1982.
Don has been a resident of Shaftsbury, Vermont, for 35 years.
Don has always been an active member in the community and currently is a member of the Bennington Rotary Club. Past areas of community service include serving as a trustee for the Bennington Rescue Squad, trustee of Public Funds (Shaftsbury), school board director for MAUHS, and various coaching positions for youth athletic programs.
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 | Patricia Michael
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| pmichael@benningtonrotary.com | www.parkmccullough.org | |
Patricia Michael; a native of New York City; joined Park-McCullough in June; 2007. She has an extensive background in the museum and historical organization field. She began her career as a Curator of Collections; then moving on to become Executive Director of the Kalamazoo (MI) Public Museum; the Staten Island (NY) Institute of Arts and Sciences; founding director of the Oldham County History Center; and the first professional director of the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs; CO.
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 | David Newell
Vice President |
| dnewell@benningtonrotary.com | www.willsinsurance.com | |
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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 | David O'Brien
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| dobrien@benningtonrotary.com | www.ucsvt.org | |
David provides supervision to the outpatient mental health and substance abuse programs. These include services for children; adolescents; adults; and the elderly. His responsibilities also include direct service to clients. He supervises the agency's Employee Assistance Programs and provides consultation to businesses and industry. David is very active in regional and state organizations focused on prevention; intervention; and treatment of substance abuse.
He is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) in the State of Vermont. He is a founding member and current chair of the Vermont Alcohol and Drug Advisory Council; and is past president of the Vermont Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Directors. David has an MA and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Rehabilitation Counseling from Assumption College;Worcester; MA. He earned a BA in psychology and history from Johnson State College in Johnson; VT.
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 | John Page
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| jpage@benningtonrotary.com | | |
John is a retired college professor living in Bennington with his wife.
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 | Tom Paquin
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| tpaquin@benningtonrotary.com | www.tandmplastics.com | |
Tom owns T&M Enterprises in Shaftsbury, Vermont. Tom has been an active Rotarian for many years.
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 | Bob Plunkett
Sergeant At Arms |
| bplunkett@benningtonrotary.com | | |
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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 | Ralph Provenza
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| rprovenza@benningtonrotary.com | www.ucsvt.org | |
Ralph plans and directs agency operations for United Counseling Service. His responsibilities include: program planning and development; staff supervision; financial planning; resource development; policy development; and contract negotiations.
Prior to joining UCS; Ralph was director of a private mental health clinic in Newton; Massachusetts.
He has a Master's in Social Work from the State University of New York at Albany and a B. A. in psychology from the City College of New York.
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 | Chuck Putney
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| cputney@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Chuck has been in the club since the early 1980s. He is a consultant to not-for-profit organizations in grant proposal development and fund raising. His main interest in Rotary has been the International Group Study Exchange.
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 | Jane Radocchia
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| jradocchia@benningtonrotary.co | www.jgrarchitect.blogspot.com | |
I am an architect. I have been working on old houses for more than 40 years; repairing; restoring and expanding them. Understanding why they were built that way is my avocation. I've been writing about old houses - vernacular architecture - since the 1980's. These days I write about my research on my blog: www.jgrarchitect.blogspot.com.
My husband; Tony; and I live on a 215 year old farm in Bennington; my office is in a shed attached to the hay barn. Two of our children and their families live here too. Our barn; Abruzzi Stables; teaches riding and driving; and trains Morgan horses.
I was raised in Exeter; NH. Tony and I lived in Andover; MA for over 30 years before we came to Bennington.
My degrees are from Oberlin College and MIT.
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 | Kristin Reed
Director of Club Service |
| kreed@benningtonrotary.com | www.fpiadvisor.com | |
bio coming soon!
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 | Paul Roth
President-Elect |
| proth@benningtonrotary.com | www.svhealthcare.org | |
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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 | Patrick Runyon
Club Treasurer |
| prunyon@benningtonrotary.com | www.citizensbank.com | |
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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 | Stephen Simmons
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| ssimmons@benningtonrotary.com | www.peoples.com | |
Stephen is a Financial Advisor and Certified Long-term Care Planner with People's Financial Advisors in Bennington, VT. He is a member of the American Association for Long-term Care Insurance and the Corporation for Long-term Care. Stephen began his career in management; spending twelve years running everything from a small business to a district in a large multi-national company. He then worked for Prudential Financial in Latham, NY as a Financial Services Associate, where he earned his life and health insurance licenses as well as his investment advisor representative (Series 65) and broker (Series 7) licenses. Looking for a change of pace; he moved his family to Bennington in 2005 after joining Chittenden Bank as Financial Advisor. In 2009 Stephen successfully completed his General Securities Supervisor (Series 24) license and is building a team of associates dedicated to helping people with their insurance and investment needs.
He serves on the board of the Green Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a past treasurer for Bennington Rotary as well as a former volunteer for organizations such as Relay for Life, MDA, Ronald McDonald House, and Cystic Fibrosis.
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 | Kathy Sollien
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| ksollien@benningtonrotary.com | www.kathysollien.com | |
Kathy is a native of Texas who relocated to Bennington with her husband Alan in 1990 and has never looked back. Staying active in her community by way of Rotary; the Better Bennington Corp and the Chamber of Commerce has kept her busy and in the middle of what is happening in Bennington. She is a Real Estate Broker and co owner of RE/MAX Maple Leaf Realty.
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 | Sally Sugarman
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| ssugarman@benningtonrotary.com | www.bakerstreetbreakfastclub.org | |
Sally joined Rotary in 1988. She was President of the Club, 2002-2003 and Chair of the District Four Way Test Speech Contest 2005-2007. Currently, she is the editor of the club’s newsletter, The Windmill and an Assistant Governor. She is a Paul Harris fellow. Sally is emerita faculty from Bennington College where she taught Childhood Studies for thirty-five years.
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 | Jim Thibodeau
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| jthibodeau@benningtonrotary.com | www.jimthibodeau.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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 | Lynne Toothaker
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| ltoothaker@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Bio coming soon!
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 | Dan Zwynenburg
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| dzwynenburg@benningtonrotary.com | | |
Dan owns Hallmark Cards & Gifts in Bennington. Dan is also a proud member of the Green Mountain Car Club.
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 | Jay Zwynenburg
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| jzwynenburg@benningtonrotary.com | www.jaysartshop.com | |
Jay owns Jays Art Shop & Frame Gallery inn Downtown Bennington. Jay has been a Rotarian for many years and enjoys the fellowship.
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