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Board of Directors

Top Row: Former Executive Director Suzanne Eikenberry,Linn Syz, Pinky Clark.  Bottom Row: Greg Gossens, Jon Anderson, Rob Hitzig, Colleen Paull (former director), Greg Guyette, Shawn Bryan, Peter Ricker.  Missing: Claire Benedict, Justin Bourgeois, Andrew Brewer, Sarah Jarvis, Bill Kaplan

 

Greg Guyette, President
Kiosko/G3
Greg Guyette is a lifelong member of the Central Vermont community. He is a former member of the Montpelier City Council and currently serves on the Organization and Economic Development Committees. He is passionate about the preservation and promotion of Montpelier’s rich history and architecture which he describes as “attributes that define our downtown as an exceptional place to work, shop and play”. Greg is actively engaged in a community effort to strengthen Montpelier's position as a regional business destination. As the parent of a Montpelier high school student, Greg is closely involved with the Montpelier school system. Greg is the Vice President of Sales for Kiosko/G3, a Vermont-based, global manufacturing company.

Shawn Bryan, Past President
Community Member
Shawn Bryan retired from National Life in January, 2009. He is the Treasurer and a board member of the Vermont Green Building Network, on the board of the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) and serves on the board of the Montpelier Alive, Chairing the Economic Restructuring Committee. Shawn has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Norwich University and is a lifelong resident of central Vermont, currently residing in Berlin. He has held senior management positions in the administrations of both Richard Snelling and Howard Dean and with Cabot Cooperative and National Life. He has been an active advocate for sustainable business operations and management, local food through the Community Supported Agriculture Movement (CSA) and when he has spare time rides motorcycles on long trips.

Andrew Brewer, Vice President
Onion River Sports

Claire Benedict, Secretary
Bear Pond Books

Peter Ricker, Treasurer
Denis, Ricker & Brown Insurance

Jon Anderson
Burak, Anderson & Melloni
A Board member of Montpelier Alive since it was founded and past President, Jon practices law in several areas in which he can use his engineering background and problem solving and project management approaches to serve clients. These areas include complex real estate projects and transactions including, especially, permitting and siting, litigation (especially over technical issues such as contaminated sites liability and clean up, valuation of complex property), administrative law including defense of environmental enforcement actions, utility regulation, environmental law, solid waste disposal including permitting and siting, land use including Vermont’s Act 250, and zoning. Jon has been designated as one of the best lawyers in America in the field of environmental law. Jon served as a member of the Montpelier City Council for eight years and represented Montpelier in the Vermont House of Representatives. With his wife Betsy, Jon owns Betsy’s Bed & Breakfast. They have two children, Tyler and Katie.

Justin Bourgeois
Community National Bank
Justin Bourgeois works at the State Street branch of Community National Bank, working as a VP of commercial lending. He has been a member of Montpelier Alive since 2009, first as a member of the promotions committee then joining the board in 2010. At present he sits on the festivals committee helping coordinate the Independence Day and First Night celebrations. Justin is a member of the Montpelier Rotary Club, serves on the campaign committee at Resource and volunteers with the VT Small Business Development Center. He makes his home in Middlesex with his wife Anita, son Benjamin and daughter Alexandria.

Pinky Clark
 Delish and Thinkin’ Pink
Pinky Clark owned Minuteman Press for 25 years, selling it in 2005. He is on the Montpelier Alive Promotions Committee, a member of the MDCA Montpelier Business Association, co-coordinator for Green Up Montpelier, and is chairman of the Montpelier Flower Committee. Pinky works in Food Service for Montpelier Public Schools, as well as owning his own delivery and courier service, Thinkin’ Pink. He was elected Montpelier Citizen of the Year in 2008 by the Montpelier Rotary Club. He also owns Delish on State Street, Montpelier’s sweet shop.

Greg Gossens
Gossens Bachman Architects

Rob Hitzig
Community Member
Rob Hitzig is a Montpelier artist and gallery owner since 2005. In 2008 he was awarded "Volunteer of the Year" by the State of Vermont for his work in promoting the arts in Montpelier through his work in organizing SculptCycle 2008 and the Montpelier Art Walks. Prior to moving to Vermont, Rob worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC and was a forester with the Peace Corps in West Africa.

Sarah Jarvis
Montpelier City Council

Bill Kaplan
Vermont College of Fine Arts

Linn Syz 
Community Member
A high school social studies teacher for twenty-three years, Linn started work in the nonprofit world in 1998 at the New England Grassroots Environment Fund where she was a grant reviewer and program administrator for eight years. She is currently the Office Manager for the Vermont River Conservancy. Besides the Montpelier Alive, Linn volunteers as a fundraiser for the Vermont Mountaineers, a collegiate summer baseball league, and is a reading mentor in the Everybody Wins! program at Union Elementary. She fills her spare time playing tennis and broomball (captain of her team), working in her gardens, biking, kayaking and sailing. She and her husband, Stephan, have two grown sons who live in California.

Our Executive Director is Phayvanh Luekhamhan. Contact us at (802) 223-9604 or director@montpelieralive.org