Emerging Leaders of Southern Vermont

2021 Emerging Leaders

• Beth Wallace | Bennington County Head Start/Early Head Start, United Children's Services | North Bennington, VT

• Brittany Schmidt | River Bend Chiropractic | Brattleboro, VT

• Conor Floyd | Food Connects | Bellows Falls, VT

• Dane Whitman | Vermont State Legislature, Grey Oak (LLC) | North Bennington

• Danielle Salway | Mount Snow Academy | West Dover, VT

• Eric Durocher | Town of Dover, VT | East Dover, VT

• Frances Huntley | Downtown Brattleboro Alliance | Brattleboro, VT

• Ian Goodnow | Costello, Valente & Gentry P.C., Brattleboro Selectboard| Brattleboro, VT

• Ian Hefele | School for International Training Vernon, VT

• Jake Stone | Mission City Church | Bennington, VT

• Juliette Carr | Old Ways Herbal & Riversong Farm | South Newfane, VT

• Lani DePonte-Disorda | Pangaea Restaurant | North Bennington, VT

• Maribeth Fonda | Windham Southeast Supervisory Union | Brattleboro, VT

• Mikaela Lewis | Southwestern VT Chamber of Commerce  Shaftsbury, VT

• S. Luella Strattner | Mount Snow Academy | Newfane, VT

• Samba A. Diallo | AIDS Project of Southern Vermont | Brattleboro, VT

• Sarah Wiggins | SIT Study Abroad | Northfield, MA

• Shannon Wheeler | Town of Dover, VT | West Dover, VT

• Tai Morse | Vernon Elementary School | Keene, NH

• Zach Rounds | Rescue Inc | Vernon, VT

2020 Emerging Leaders

• Aaron Dickie | Vermont Department of Labor | Bennington, VT

• Ain Thompson | Out in the Open | Brattleboro, VT

• Alex Figueroa | Southwestern Vermont Medical Center | Bennington, VT

• Alyssa Pelow | Adaptiva HR | Brattleboro, VT

• Alyssa Todd | National Children's Alliance | Brattleboro, VT

• Amanda McCullock | Flatter Me Hair Salon & Self | East Dummerston, VT

• Austin Bevin | Brunswick Dental Associates | North Bennington, VT

• Charles Soucy | Hermit Thrush Brewery | Brattleboro, VT

• Christopher Lukasik| Windham County State’s Attorney’s Office | Bratttleboro,VT

• Christine Abdelnour | Christine Abdelnour: Allstate Insurance | Westmoreland, NH

• Danielle Lacroix | Green Mountain Gardening | Dummerston, VT

• Elizah Temple | Grace Cottage Hospital | Putney, VT

• Eva Westheimer | Out in the Open | East Dummerston, VT

• Hannah Cofiell | Butter Mountain Bakery | Woodford, VT

• Henry Rosario | Outpatch and Dartmouth - Tuck Business School | Brattleboro, VT

• Jared Newell | CDM Smith and Bennington Area Trail System | Old Bennington, VT

• Jay DeGregorio | The Nature Museum | Brattleboro, VT

• Jedediah Popp | Health Care and Rehabilitation Services | Brattleboro, VT

• Jenifer Prouty Hoffman | Hoffman Real Estate | North Bennington, VT

• Jennie Rozycki | John G. McCullough Free Library | North Bennington, VT

• John Kim | Grace Cottage Hospital | Brattleboro, VT

• John Pritchard | Costello, Valente & Gentry, P.C. | Brattleboro, VT

• Jordan Leonard | Vernon Elementary School | Greenfield, MA

• Justin Thompson | Wantastiquet Hall | Hinsdale, NH

• Kim Kunkle | Vernon Elementary School | Vernon, VT 

• Lauren Mabie | Vermont Law School and 22 Mile March | Brattleboro, VT

• Lauren Wilcox | Project Against Violent Encounters | Manchester, VT

• Matthew Schibley | Health Care and Rehabilitation Services | Brattleboro, VT

• Melissa Walker | Grace Cottage Hospital | Stratton, VT

• Rebecca LaPointe | Grace Cottage Hospital | Townshend, VT

• Sarah Perrin | Green Mountain Concessions and Bennington Select Board | Bennington, VT

2019 Emerging Leaders

• Alex Beck, Workforce & Education Program Manager, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, Brattleboro, VT

• Ashley Havreluk, EB-5 Manger, Mount Snow, West Dover, VT

• Avery Schwenk, Co-founder, Hermit Thrush Brewery, Brattleboro, VT  

• Becky Gilbert, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Clinician (LCMHC), HCRS Clinician II/EFS Clinician/Brattleboro Primary Care (BPC) Consultant & Clinician/Per Diem Crisis Screener, and Entera Catering, Brattleboro, VT 

• Beq Lendvay, Field Production Coordinator, Catamount Access Television, Bennington, VT           

• Brian Maggiotto, General Manager, The Inn at Manchester, Manchester, VT 

• Carson Thurber, Fundraising/Development Director, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, VT  

• Cat Bryars, Regional Planner – Community Planning Program Manager, Bennington County Regional Commission, Bennington, VT  

• Christopher Parker, Food Service Director for WCSU, West River Education District (WRED), Vernon, VT

• Diane Michalczuk, Psychologist-Doctorate Geriatric Neuropsychology, The Memory Clinic, Bennington, VT 

• Emma Stewart, Housing Support Coordinator, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, Brattleboro, VT

• HB Lozito, Executive Director, Green Mountain Crossroads, Brattleboro, VT  

• Jonathan Cooper, Community & Economic Development Specialist, Bennington County Regional Commission, Bennington, VT  

• Joshua Unruh, Digital Marketing Specialist, New England Newspapers, Inc., Brattleboro, VT            

• Kelly Clarke, Architect, Centerline Architects, Bennington, VT

• Leeanne Hadsel, Behavior Interventionist, Vernon Elementary School, Vernon, VT          

• Lori Langevin, Assistant Business Manager/ HR Support, Windham Central Supervisory Union, Townshend, VT      

• Marissa Hutton, Executive Director, Dorset Theatre Festival, Dorset, VT

• McKenna Hayes, Food Hub Operations Manager, Food Connects, Putney, VT      

• Mel Motel, Executive Director, Brattleboro Community Justice Center, Brattleboro, VT  

• Peter Paggi, Director of Real Estate Development, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, Brattleboro, VT  

• Sarah Kovach, Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro, VT  

• Steffen Gillom, President of the Windham County NAACP, VPR Commentator, and Disability Services Associate at SIT Graduate Institute, Brattleboro, VT

2018 Emerging Leaders

• Michelle Marrocco, Bennington County Industrial Corporation (Summit Award Winner)

• Katherine Partington, Mondo Mediaworks (Summit Award Winner)

• Forest Weyen, Bennington Rescue Squad

• Taylor Knoop, United Way of Windham County

• Betsy Dunham, Southern Vermont College

• Silvia Cassano, Bennington Area Trails System

• Bridget Struthers, Brattleboro School of Dance

• Gregory Boshart, Maple Valley Design Build

• Josh Roberts, Edward Jones

• Kayla Becker, United Way of Vermont, Bennington County

• Ken Lorenz, Spirits of Old Bennington

• Laura Kamyk, Big Picture Farm

• Michelle Demers, Vermont Department of Labor

• Phoebe Connolly, Leland and Gray Union High School

• Ricky Davidson, Boys and Girls Club- Brattleboro

• Sarah Lang, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation

• Serenity Wolf, P.E., Stevens and Associates

• Stacey Woods, Meadowbrook Gypsies LLC

• Kayla Davis, Battenkill Valley Health Center

• James Salerno, Hale Mountain Research

• Jason Dolmetsch, MSK Engineering and Design

• Rob Terry, Merck Forest

• Michael Root, United States Post Office

• Duncan Hilton, Community College of Vermont and St. Michael's Episcopal Church

2017 Emerging Leaders

• Daniel Strohl, Hemmings Motor News

• Dimitri Garder, Global-Z International 

• Richard Berkfield, Food Connects

• Alyssa Sabetto, Windham Regional Commission

• Sean Ashcraft, Camp Waubanong

• Michele Mazur, Trinity Botanicals

• Laura Schairbaum, Greater Falls Connections