Board of Directors

Will Stevens
Chair
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Nate Hausman
Vice Chair
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Robin Scheu
Secretary/Treasurer
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Ted Brady
Bio +Ted Brady was appointed by Governor Phil Scott to be the Deputy Secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) in January 2017. ACCD works to grow Vermont’s economy, helps businesses create jobs, encourages the creation of affordable workforce housing, and supports vibrant and resilient communities. From 2013 to 2017, Brady served in the Obama Administration as the Vermont and New Hampshire State Director of USDA Rural Development. In that role, he led the investment of more than $1 billion in federal grants, loans, and loan guarantees in rural housing, economic development, and community infrastructure focused on growing rural communities. Prior to that, Brady served as U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy’s senior economic development, international trade, community development, housing, and transportation field representative. Brady has a degree in Journalism and Political Science from St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. While earning his degree, he worked with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and volunteered with St. Michael’s Fire and Rescue. Today, Brady lives with his wife and two sons in Williston. He spends his free time skiing, fishing, and hunting musing about making Vermont a better place to live, work, and play.

Andrea Cohen
Bio +Andrea Cohen currently serves as Manager of Government Affairs and Member Relations for Vermont Electric Cooperative in Johnson Vermont. Previously she was Public Policy Manager (2006-2010), and then Executive Director (2010-2015), for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. Before joining VBSR, she worked for 16 years at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in a variety of positions involving pollution prevention, resource conservation, and solid waste management. Andrea holds her M.A. in Environmental Science from Antioch University and her B.A. in Psychology and Economics from Vassar College.

Dustin Degree
Bio +Dustin Degree is Special Assistant to the Governor and Director of Workforce Expansion as well as Executive Director of the Vermont Workforce Development Board. A member of Governor Phil Scott’s Sr. Staff, Degree leads and helps coordinate the state’s interagency efforts to add people and skills to the labor force. In the past, he served as Executive Assistant to Governor Jim Douglas, and later served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2010-2012 and in the Vermont Senate from 2014-2017 representing Franklin County. Degree served as a Policy Advisor to Governor-elect Scott from November 2016 until the 2017-18 biennium opened in January 2017 when he was unanimously selected by the Republican caucus to serve as Senate Minority Leader. Later that year, he resigned from the Senate to accept his current appointment. A 2003 graduate of Bellows Free Academy, 2004 graduate of the Tilton School and attended both Norwich University and the University of Vermont, Degree is a lifelong resident of St. Albans, VT. He is a Justice of the Peace, member of the Board of Civil Authority, Vice President of the St. Albans Skating Association and a volunteer youth hockey coach, and serves on the Board of Incorporators for the Northwestern Medical Center.

Sara Gilbert
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Allison Hooper
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Noelle MacKay
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Shelly Severinghaus
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Anson Tebbetts
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