Mary Powell, President and CEO of Green Mountain Power, and Tommy Harmon, President and CEO of Sonnax Industries, were elected to the Board of Directors by the members at the Roundtable’s summer meeting on June 18th. (more…)
Mary Powell, President and CEO of Green Mountain Power, and Tommy Harmon, President and CEO of Sonnax Industries, were elected to the Board of Directors by the members at the Roundtable’s summer meeting on June 18th. (more…)
Tim Volk, President of Kelliher Samets Volk and Immediate Past Chair of VBR, honored us with his presentation on “The End of the Marketing World as We Know it” at our Summer Celebration Member Meeting on June 18th.
Here are some highlights Tim posted on YouTube.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOvsOIvLSdc
Please visit Tim’s blog for more observations on the marketing world at large. http://unplanned.ksvc.com
In creating the Vision Award, the Roundtable Board of Directors wished to make a statement by honoring the lifetime contributions of a leader who shares a commitment to the ideals that are embedded in the Roundtable’s vision statement “to make Vermont the best place in America to do business, be educated and live life.” In 2007 the Roundtable presented the award for the first time to Mr. David Coates, retired Managing Partner of KPMG.
The Vision Award celebrates the long view; the contributions of an individual over a lifetime that have benefited the people of Vermont. In this year, the Roundtable recognizes Fred Hackett, a humble man of unique moral character, significant accomplishment, and universal respect. (more…)
Although Sherra originated in the flats of Indiana, she grew up in Northern Virginia just outside of Washington D.C. and moved to pastoral Vermont in 1999.
Once here, Sherra tapped into a fine education at Champlain College. She interned at Kelliher Samets Volk in 2004 and graduated summa cum laude and first in her degree (Multimedia/Graphic Design) in 2005. (more…)
Senior political correspondent Juan Williams of National Public Radio and other national media will be the keynote speaker at the summer meeting of the Vermont Business Roundtable, which will be held on June 18 at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center. Williams will deliver “The Latest from Washington – An Insider’s View” following dinner and a brief awards presentation.
Roundtable members and government leaders from across the state are expected to attend the event, and non-members are also encouraged to participate. Dubbed a “Summer Celebration,” the regular meeting of the Roundtable’s membership will culminate in an evening of social networking, celebrating leadership and learning political insights from one of the nation’s leading political analysts. (more…)
Op – Ed by Bill Stritzler, Smugglers’ Notch President and Vermont Business Roundtable Chair
Many of today’s visitors to Smugglers’ Notch Resort are too young to remember when Gov. Phil Hoff’s administration launched their enormously successful “beckoning country” campaign in the 1960s. Their actions threw open the state’s doors to down-country people yearning for fresh air, open space and a slower pace of life. They came in droves back then, and they still do today. This influx of visitors generates an economic bonanza, bringing in over $1.5 billion per year to this state and supporting over 33,000 jobs. (more…)
The chief executives of Vermont’s leading businesses seem cautious over sales prospects and employment levels for the spring and summer when compared to their fourth quarter 2008 forecasts, and they are unlikely to make broad capital investments. But the attitude of the business community appears to have stabilized. The mood was assessed at the end of the first quarter and released today by Vermont Business Roundtable Chair Bill Stritzler and President Lisa Ventriss. (more…)
Op – Ed by David Coates, KPMG (Retired Managing Partner) and Member, Vermont Business Roundtable
Paul Cillo may be correct in his recent article (School Funding Far from “Broken”) whenhe describes the Education Fund as “it ain’t broke.” But, I would suggest that the General andTransportation Funds are just about on life support due in large part to our high level ofmandatory educational-related expenditures. (more…)
Vermont Business Roundtable President Lisa Ventriss and Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies President David Bradbury have announced a new collaborative effort to strengthen the entrepreneurial vigor among next-generation Vermont business leaders. This announcement coincides with the kick-off of the Roundtable’s new Emergent Leaders Group, which is scheduled for April 7. (more…)
An Op-Ed by Lisa Ventriss, President, Vermont Business Roundtable
For a few years now, Vermonters have said that we prefer to invest in renewable energy, efficiency programs, a reduction in our greenhouse gas emissions, and stably priced reliable power. But despite those opinions, and with our biggest source of clean, reliable, and affordable electricity – Vermont Yankee – having, according to some experts, only a 50/50 chance of being relicensed this year, we can see that the previous era of having the lowest electric rates in New England and cleanest air in the country is coming to a close. (more…)
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