Sara Byers Becomes Third Woman to Chair the Roundtable

(South Burlington, Vt.) At its 36^th Annual Membership Meeting held January 12^th, the Vermont Business Roundtable elected new officers: Chair Sara Byers, Leonardo’s Pizza; Vice Chair Rebecca Towne, Vermont Electric Cooperative; Treasurer Mark Crow, Tenth Crow Creative; Secretary Don George, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont; and, Immediate Past Chair Judith O’Connell, Champlain Investment Partners.

Also, at the meeting, members elected new directors to their first three-year term: Neale Lunderville, Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) and Dimitri Garder, Global-Z International.

Elected to their second three-year term were the following directors: Renee Bourget-Place, KPMG, LLP and Scott Fewell, Liquid Measurement Systems.

Continuing members of the Roundtable board of directors include David Bradbury, Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies; Kyle Dodson, Greater Burlington YMCA; Meg Fleming, SymQuest; Suresh Garimella, University of Vermont; Joyce Judy, Community College of Vermont; Mari McClure, Green Mountain Power Corp.; Sarah Morris, Basin Harbor; John Sayles, Vermont Foodbank; Michael Seaver, M&T Bank; Timo Shaw, Country Walkers and VBT Bicycling Vacations; and Dan Smith, Vermont Community Foundation. Associate members appointed to the board include Nicole LaBrecque, PC Construction and Gary Scott, The University of Vermont Medical Center.

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