Making Vermont the best place in America to do business, be educated and live life.

Project Category: Working Groups

Chair: Mark Crow, President, Tenth Crow Creative


MEMBERS

Sara Byers, President
Leonardo’s Pizza

Paul Cillo, President and Executive Director
Public Assets Institute

David Coates, Managing Partner
KPMG LLP (Retired)

Christopher Loso, Vice President
Loso’s Professional Janitorial Services, Inc.


Jeffrey McMahan, President and Managing Partner
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C.

Robert Morgan, CEO
NorthCountry Federal Credit Union

John Pelletier, Executive Director
The Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College

Rob Roper, President
Ethan Allen Institute

RESOURCES
Policy Options for Vermont State Employees and Teachers Pension and Health Care Retirement Systems 
(2020 Policy Paper – PDF)

Defining the Issue
View Original Introduction – 2017 (pdf)
View Updated Presentation – 2019 (pdf)

 

View Vermont Taxpayers’ Obligation – 2017 (pdf)

 

Events
Promises Made Promises Kept Conference – Presentations and full RETN taping of event (10.10.17)

Opinion Editorials
Mark Crow: “The Time is Now for Meaningful Pension Reform” (3.22.21)
David Coates: “Finally, Positive Action on State Retirement Systems” (1.25.21)
David Coates: “State Retirement Plans Need a Robust Stress Test…Now!” (3.11.20)
Mark Crow: “A Major Issue is Lurking” (2.27.20)
David Coates: “Guess What? Vermont Has a Negative Net Worth” (2.26.19)
David Coates: “More Bad Pension News for Vermonters” (2.8.18)
Mark Crow: “Responsible Solutions for Irresponsible Debt” (4.24.18)
John Pelletier: “Did You Know That You are an Insurance Company?” (5.21.18)
John Pelletier: “Is Vermont Exporting Maple Syrup and Wealthy Taxpayers?” (3.28.19)
John Pelletier: “Time is Running Out” (7.15.19)
John Pelletier: “A Tale of Two States’ Pension Plans” (9.4.19)

Other Media of Interest
•  “Vermont’s Ballooning Pension Debt Threatens State’s Financial Future” (Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger, 8.1.18)
•  Common Sense Radio Segment Hosted by Bill Sayre with David Coates: Do we have adequate reserves to pay future pensions for Vermont teachers and State employees? And if not, what should we do to correct the situation? David Coates and Bill explore. Listen Here (9.7.18)
•  “Moody’s Drops Vermont’s Long Standing Triple A Rating” (Anne Wallace Allen, VTDigger, 10.23.18)
•  “Moody’s Drop Will Cost State About $1M More for Each $150M Borrowed” (Anne Wallace Allen, VTDigger, 10.25.18)
•  “Teachers’ Retirement Pension Costs Cast a Cloud Over Budget Deliberations” (Colin Meyn, VTDigger, 3.25.19)
•  “Why Vermont’s Pension Pressures Mean Other Projects Won’t Get Funded” (VPR Vermont Edition with Jane Lindholm, 4.23.19)
•  “Dialogues with Meg Hansen” Features 3 Part Interview with David Coates on Unfunded Liabilities in Vermont Part I  |  Part II  |  Part III (July / August 2019)
•  Cabot Creamery’s ‘State of our State’ State Pension Videos – with David Coates  |  with Treasurer Beth Pearce
•  David Coates and Lisa Ventriss Discuss Pensions with Marcus and Kurt for ‘The Morning Drive’ (WMVT Radio, 3.29.21)

State Debt, Bond Ratings & Trends – 2019 NASBO Spring Meeting (Sussan Corson, 4.5.19, Full Report Here)

 

CO-CHAIRS:
Kyle Dodson
, President & CEO, Greater Burlington YMCA
Scott Fewell, CEO, Liquid Measurement Systems


MEMBERS

Dan Bridge, Chairman, President and CEO
Vermont Mutual Insurance Company

Sara Byers, President
Leonardo’s Pizza

Ralph Carlton, Co-CEO and CFO
King Arthur Baking

Samantha Christie, Director of Rooms
Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain

Mark Crow, President
Tenth Crow Creative

Ian Davis, SVP, Captive Insurance Relationship Manager
People’s United, a Division of M&T Bank

Jason Dolmetsch, President
MSK Engineers

Mark Foley, Owner and President
Foley Services, Inc. and MKF Properties


Rebecca Foster, CEO
Vermont Energy Investment Corp.

Judy O’Connell, Managing Partner & CEO
Champlain Investment Partners

Premila Peters, President and Managing Partner
Data Innovations

Michael Seaver, President, Vermont
People’s United, a Division of M&T Bank

Winthrop Smith, Jr., President
Sugarbush Resort (Retired)

William Stritzler, Managing Director
Smugglers’ Notch Resort

Jay Wahl, Executive Director
The Flynn

Weiwei Wang, Co-founder / Director of Operations & Development
Vermont Professionals of Color Network

RESOURCES

The Vermont Business Roundtable has made formal COMMITMENTS FOR ACTION. (Read Here)

 


Racial Equity Committee Resource Compilation 2022 by Sherra Bourget

 

 

 

CO-CHAIRS
Dimitri Garder
, CEO, Global-Z International, Inc.
Michael Seaver, President, Vermont, M&T Bank


MEMBERS

Sara Byers, President
Leonardo’s Pizza

Staige Davis, CEO
Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty

Mark Foley, Jr., Owner and President
Foley Services, Inc. / MKF Properties

Chris Loso, Vice President
Loso’s Professional Janitorial Services, Inc.

Paul Millman, President and CEO
Chroma Technology Corp.


Judy O’Connell, Managing Partner and CEO
Champlain Investment Partners

Bill Schubart, Member Emeritus

Winthrop H. Smith, Jr., Member Emeritus

Steve Voigt, Member Emeritus

Tim Volk, Member Emeritus

ECL FAQ

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MEDIA OF INTEREST
Download 2023 RAND ‘Vermont Early Care and Education Financing Study’(Vermont Legislature Prepublication Copy, January 2023 )

Roundtable Releases ‘Vermont’s Early Care & Learning Dividend’ Report (February 2017)

Statement of Support for Investments into Ages 0-5 Early Childhood Education (January 2021)

Subsequent Statement in Support of Public Investment in Childcare (April 2022)

 

The College and Career Readiness Task Force was retired in 2018. Below is an archive of the resources produced by the working group.

 

RESOURCES

State Map Identifying School Regions with Existing and Emerging Work-Based Learning Opportunities (Download Here)
Making Connections: Building the Pipeline and Identifying Work-Based Learning Opportunities in Your Community (Download Here)
Making Connections: Contacts to Assist with Work-Based Learning Opportunities
(downloadable, by county below)
Addison | Bennington  | Caledonia  | Chittenden  | Essex  | Franklin / Grand Isle
Lamoille  | Orange  |  Orleans  | Rutland  |  Washington  |   Windham  |  Windsor

Work-Based Learning Manual: Guidelines to Support Work-Based Learning Experiences for All Learners