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Foundation Leadership Council
The Foundation Leadership Council provides volunteer leadership to the Foundation and University through their philanthropy, service, skills, networking, knowledge and strategic business acumen. The council was established to provide a platform to engage the institution’s most passionate, influential, and accomplished alumni and friends. Council members are chosen as a result of their previous philanthropic involvement and interest in advancing the University of Vermont, are asked to attend at least one Foundation Leadership Council meeting per year, and are elected to five-year terms that are renewable without limit for additional five-year terms.
Dr. James Aiken G'70
Retired CEO, Keystone Symposia
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Max Ansbacher '57
President, Ansbacher Investments
New York, New York
Ray Anton MD'70
Anesthesiologist, Glastonbury Surgery Center
Russell, Massachusetts
David Aronoff '86
General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
Newton, Massachusetts
Howard Averill '85
Retired Executive Vice President and CFO, Time Warner Inc.
South Salem, New York
Vern Baker '73
Investment Advisor, BACH Investments Plus, LLC
New Britain, Connecticut
Mark Baribeau '81
Managing Director and Head of Global Equity, Jennison Associates
Boston, Massachusetts
Lydia Bates '14
Southern Poverty Law Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Kathy Battistoni G'85
Partner, KB Partners, LLC
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Skip Beitzel '76 P'21
Owner, Hickory & Tweed Ski and Cyclery
Mount Kisco, New York
Brad Berggren '88
Managing Partner, volScout LLC
Westport, Connecticut
Sanford Bernhardt '93
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Dr. James Betts '69 MD'73 HON'25
Pediatric Surgeon and Urologist, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland
Alameda, California
Charles O. Black Jr. '82
Retired, Fidelity Investments
North Hampton, New Hampshire
Martin Bloomfield '56 MD'60
Retired Cardiologist, Park East Cardiology Associates, P.C.
Boca Raton, Florida
Frank Bolden '63 HON'18
Retired, Johnson & Johnson
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Michael Breazzano '09
Managing Director, Structured Products Analyst
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Robert P. Brennan Jr. '83
Chair of the Board of Directors, Greenbacker Capital
Pleasantville, New York
Corey Bronner '07
CFA, Champlain Investment Partners
Shelburne, Vermont
Victoria Bronner '08
President, Bank of Burlington
Shelburne, Vermont
Alison Gates Brown '78
Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Alan Bullock '67
Retired Physician, Baystate Orthopedics
Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Adam Burack '85
History Teacher, Harrison High School
Harrison, New York
Dan Burack '55
Chairman, Burack Investments
Harrison, New York
Eric Burt '80
Managing Director and Financial Advisor, Burt Financial Group
Wellesley, Massachusetts
William Cimonetti '59
Retired Vice President, General Electric Co.
South Burlington, Vermont
Meghan Cioffi '91 HON'22
New Canaan, Connecticut
Robert F. Cioffi '90 HON'22
Venture Partner, Alerion Partners
New Canaan, Connecticut
Michele Cohen '72 HON'23
Retired, Cohen & Steers Capital Management
New York, New York
Ed Colodny HON'04
Retired, USAir, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont
Leslie Day Craige '87
Freelance Editor
New York, New York
Roger Crandall '87
CEO and President, MassMutual Financial Group
West Hartford, Connecticut
David Daigle '89 HON'25
Senior Vice President, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Greenwich, Connecticut
Elizabeth Lyons Daigle '89
Greenwich, Connecticut
Karl Fessenden '85
Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Barbara Fiddler '62
Retired, Public Relations and Marketing
Durango, Colorado
Amy Fine '98
Weston, Massachusetts
J.P. Fine '97
Weston, Massachusetts
Megan Flanigan '84
Purchase, New York
Anne Trask Forcier '79
Retired, University of Vermont Foundation
Burlington, Vermont
John Frank '79
Greenwich, Connecticut
Sanford Friedman '73
Retired Owner, Friedman Consulting Group
Palm Springs, California
David Godkin '77
Attorney, Birnbaum & Godkin LLP
West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Carole Greenberg '63
Marriage and Family Therapist
Stamford, Connecticut
Terence Greene '90
Co-Founder and President, Capital Counsel LLC
New York, New York
Steven Grossman '61
Grossman Family Foundation
Cos Cob, Connecticut
Grant Gund '91
Managing Partner, Coppermine Capital
Weston, Massachusetts
Zack Gund '93
Managing Partner, Coppermine Capital
Concord, Massachusetts
Mary Ellen Guzewicz '73
Retired Senior Vice President, Iridian Asset Management, LLC
Westport, Connecticut
Kurt Hall '82
Aspen, Colorado
John Healey MD'78
Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
James Hebert MD'77
Emeritus Professor of Surgery, UVM Medical Center / University of Vermont
Charlotte, Vermont
Bruce Hernandez '82
St. Davids, Pennsylvania
Susan Marchand Higgins '85
New York, New York
John Hilton '68
Retired, Bessemer Trust Company
Coral Gables, Florida
Jerry Hipps, PhD
Retired Project Director, WestEd
Palm Springs, California
Matthew Hoffman '99
Vice President, Hoffman Enterprises
West Hartford, Connecticut
John Holman P'18
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Judy Holmes '76
Owner, GuSStuff USA, LLC
Seal Harbor, Maine
David Holton '72
President, The Essex Agency, Inc.
Essex Junction, Vermont
Vivian Holzer P'08
President, Holzer & Company
Harrington Park, New Jersey
Vito Imbasciani MD'85
Cabinet Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs; Urologic Surgeon
Los Angeles, California
Penrose Jackson '70
Hinesburg, Vermont
Lisa Kaneb '90
Boston, Massachusetts
Jim Keller '72
Retired, Green Mountain Business Consultants
Alpine, Wyoming
Tom Leavitt '82
Park City, Utah
Peter Lenes '09
Co-Owner, Elev802
South Burlington, Vermont
Charles Liamos '81
Managing Member, MedVenture
Pleasanton, California
Victor Livingstone '87
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
Boston, Massachusetts
Ron Lumbra '83
Regional Leader for the Americas, Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
Rye, New York
Stephen Malshuk '74
Retired General Counsel, Cedar Grove Composting, Inc.
Bellevue, Washington
Deborah McAneny '81
Owner and Principal, Equinox Advisors LLC
Southborough, Massachusetts
Donald H. McCree III '83
Vice Chairman and Head of Commercial Banking, Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Rye, New York
Pamela McDermott '73
President, McDermott Ventures, LLC
Harwichport, Massachusetts
Karen Meyer '70 HON'18
Founder, KNM Connects, LLC
Colchester, Vermont
Peter Meyer '69 G'77
Owner, Lost Cove Yachting
Colchester, Vermont
A. Rees Midgley '55 MD'58
President, vCases
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wolfgang Mieder, Ph.D. HON'24
Williston, Vermont
Arthur H. Miller '75
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Robert Millstone
St. Louis, Missouri
Jan Murray '74
Shelburne, Vermont
Carroll Ockert '57
Shelburne, Vermont
Ed Pagano '85
Washington, D.C.
William Pendlebury, MD'76
Charlotte, Vermont
Richard Perkin '03
Southport, Connecticut
John Persing '70
Madison, Connecticut
Robert "Bob" Phillips, P'93 P'94
Colchester, Vermont
Ken Pidgeon '83
Williston, Vermont
Kristina Pisanelli '97
Washington, D.C.
Alice Plante '16
Woburn, Massachusetts
Robert Plante '81
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
Cristiana Quinn '84
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Mimi Reardon '67
Vergennes, Vermont
Anthony Reilly '89
New York, New York
H. David Reines, MD'72
Washington, D.C.
Nena Rich '93
Miami, Florida
Ned Rimer '83
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Raymond Roberts '73
Arnold, Maryland
William F. Ruprecht '80
Greenwich, Connecticut
Steve Schlesinger '83
CEO and Co-Owner, Schlesinger Group
New York, New York
Diane Seder '74
Madison, Wisconsin
Scott Segal '77
Jackson, Wyoming
Claudia Serwer '67
Dennis, Massachusetts
Jack Silver '64
Palm Beach, Florida
Gary Simpson '76
New York, New York
Kathy Skillman G'85
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Laurie Sommer '87
Scottsdale, Arizona
Richard Sorota '85
Grand Rapids, Michigan
David Spector '83
Financial Advisor
Boston, Massachusetts
Cassandra Stellos-Malvers '84
Chalmsford, Massachusetts
Debra Stern '72 G'75
Colchester, Vermont
E. Thomas Sullivan, JD
South Burlington, Vermont
Leslie Black Sullivan '77
South Burlington, Vermont
Carrie Teffner '88
Paradise Valley, AZ
Michael Upton, MD'94
Psychiatrist
South Hero, Vermont
James Vayda, MD'87
Wichita, Kansas
H. Whitney Wagner '78
Boston, Massachusetts
Raymond Weinstein '67
West Hartford, Connecticut
Thomas Wheeler '77
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Cathi Wiebrecht-Searer G'79
Madison, Wisconsin
J. Larry Williams '82
Colchester, Vermont
Ken Wormser '78
Sag Harbor, New York
Megan Yates '11
Silver Spring, Maryland
Cyma Zarghami '84 HON'12
Former President, Viacom Kids & Family Group
New York, New York
Foundation Fellows
The UVM Foundation Fellows Program (“Fellows”) is designed to support the Foundation’s goal of engaging a younger and more diverse alumni population in the mission of the Foundation, with the longer-term goal that these individuals become future philanthropic donors and leaders of the University and the UVM Foundation.
James J. Bentil '13
Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security
Burlington, Vermont
Hunter Hill
CEO and Co-Founder, Aspen Neuro
Venice, California
Jane Sidley '18
Director of Scheduling, Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Emily Vayda '16 MD'20
Core Faculty and Family Physician, Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency
Seattle, Washington