Kick off the New Year with your Roundtable Colleagues
Thurs, Jan 9th | 12:00 – 4:00pm | Reception to Follow
Delta Burlington by Marriott
1117 Williston Rd
South Burlington, VT 05403
Register Here by Jan 2nd
Open to Members, Associate Members and their guests
Members are welcome to bring a CEO or Senior Level Guest
but may not send designees in their place
Featured Program: (Check Back for Rolling Updates, including session times)
* Networking Luncheon
* Business Meeting and Election of New Officers
* DRM Legislative Preview
* “Moving Vermont Health Care Reform Forward” – Brendan Krause, Director of Health Care Reform, AHS
* “Reimagining the How We Utilize State Assets” – Elizabeth Mauch, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
* “Realizing Vermont’s Capacity for Growth” – Gary Winslett, Senior Advisor, Chamber of Progress
Presenters:
Brendan Krause, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services
Agency of Human Services appointed Brendan Krause as the Director of Health Care Reform in June 2024. Krause has an extended history working in health systems and policy. After graduating with a B.A. degree from the University of Florida and earning his Masters degree at the London School of Economics, he worked in Washington D.C. for eight years in the Health Policy Division of the National Governors Association.
Following his time in D.C., Krause moved back to the United Kingdom to work with Optum and the UK’s National Health Service to improve population health management.
Elizabeth Mauch, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
Dr. Mauch served as the fifteenth president of Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. She had previously served Bethany as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. Under her leadership, Bethany College implemented a collaborative strategic plan, campus master plan and a vision to lead the college through 2026. During her tenure, she has led the college in raising $35 million for building renovations, strategic programming, and a cohesive brand campaign designed to increase enrollment. Mauch was a member of the Executive Committee of the Presidents’ Council of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Council (KCAC) and was a board member of the Birger Sandzén Memorial Art Gallery. In May and June 2019, Dr. Mauch served as a Fulbright Specialist in Poland. She taught and collaborated with science and engineering faculty at Łódź University of Technology in Łódź, Poland on the topic of flipped classrooms.
Previously, she served as Dean of the College of Education at Bloomsburg University from 2009-2017. She led the college to the largest university gift at the time from Mrs. Susan McDowell to launch the McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support. In addition, she launched the Regional STEM Education Center in collaboration with faculty, regional school districts, and business leaders. She also served as a professor of mathematics at Bloomsburg University.
Dr. Mauch received her masters and Ph.D. in mathematics from Lehigh University and her undergraduate degree in mathematics from Moravian College where she also completed the requirements necessary to receive her Instructional I Teaching Certificate from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Mauch completed the Institute for Management and Leadership Education at Harvard University. She received the Benigna Education Award from Moravian in recognition of her service to higher education.
Gary Winslett, Senior Advisor, Chamber of Progress and Associate Professor, Middlebury College
Gary Winslett is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department and the International Politics and Economics Program at Middlebury College where he has taught since 2018. His first book Competitiveness and Death: Trade and Politics in Cars, Beef, and Drugs analyzes the politics surrounding regulatory trade barriers in the auto, meat, and pharmaceutical sectors. He has also published scholarly journal articles on the burgeoning digital trade in services, WTO plurilateral negotiations such as the Information Technology Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreement, technology and the changing geography of trade, international regulatory cooperation, and other international political economy topics. His current work focuses on the technology sector and pro-growth capitalist solutions to climate change. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the European University Institute after receiving his Ph.D. from Boston College in 2016. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from the University of Florida in 2009. For the last few years, he’s been an outspoken advocate for housing-friendly zoning reform. In his spare time, he enjoys skiing and hiking with his wife Becky and five-year-old daughter Adelaide.
Cancellation Policy: Registrations may be cancelled without penalty to receive full refund until January 2nd. After that date, we cannot offer refunds.
Event Contact: Sherra Bourget [email protected] or (802) 865-0410 ext 210
