NVDA Board
NVDA is comprised of a Board of Directors, at large members (including Legislators), and a professional staff. Each of the 55 towns and gores of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties appoint two representatives for the Board.
Operating under the authority of The Vermont Planning and Development Act (24 V.S.A., Chapter 117), NVDA serves the approximate 62,500 people and over 2000 square miles of the Northeast Kingdom.
As a representative of local government, we are charged with making policy decisions at the regional level and then helping to implement those decisions within each community.
MEETINGS & MINUTES
The Board meets the last Thursday of each month. Members of the public are invited to attend all meetings. Please refer to MEETINGS & MINUTES for more information.
BOARD MEMBERS & COMMITTEES
TOWN APPOINTED MEMBERS OF CALEDONIA COUNTY
Barnet, Leigh Larocque
Burke, Howard Crawford
Danville
Groton, Paul Berlejung
Hardwick, Dave Upson
Kirby, Rebecca Hill-Larsen & Tim Peters
Lyndon, Martha Feltus
Newark, Kim Fried & Mark Whitworth
Peacham, Tom Joyce & Les Morrison
Ryegate, Al Sponheimer
Sheffield
St. Johnsbury, Jim Rust
Stannard, John Moffat
Sutton, Paul Brouha
Walden, Jeff Pierpont
Waterford, Brent Beck & Fred Saar
Wheelock, Stephen Amos & Kimberlly Crady-Smith
TOWN APPOINTED MEMBERS OF ESSEX COUNTY
Bloomfield
Brighton, Joel Cope
Brunswick
Canaan, Gregory Noyes
Concord, George Morehouse
East Haven, Ray Richard
Granby, Reginald Bunnell and Fredrick Hodgdon
Guildhall Susan McVetty
Lemington
Lunenburg, James Peyton
Maidstone
Norton, Kenneth Stransky & Patricia Whitney
Unified Towns &Gores, Peter Rodin
Victory, Walter Mitchell
TOWN APPOINTED MEMBERS OF ORLEANS COUNTY
Albany, Frank Coulter and S. Christopher Jacobs
Barton, Robert Croteau and William Davies
Brownington, Laurence Thompson and Robert Walker
Charleston, Tom Jensen and Bill McMaster
Coventry, Jeanne Desrochers & Michael Marcotte
Craftsbury, Dave Stoner & Farley Brown
Derby, Beula-Jean Shattuck
Glover, Hope Colburn
Greensboro, Kristen Leahy
Holland
Irasburg,Paul Turner
Jay, Fred Cushing
Lowell, Alden Warner
Morgan, Brian Gray
Newport City, Paul Monette and John Ward, Jr.
Newport Town, Real Lanoue
Troy, Roland Mayhew & Mark Sanville
Westfield, Jacques Couture and Scott Dunn
Westmore, Louisa Dotoli
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Caledonia County
Brent Beck, 2012-2015
Tom Joyce, 2010-2013 County Vice-President
Mark Whitworth, 2012-2014
Essex County
Kenn Stransky, 2010-2013
Peter Rodin, 2012-2015 County Vice-President
Joel Cope, 2011-2014 Secretary/Treasurer
Orleans County
John Morley, 2012-2015 President
Fred Cushing, 2012-2014
John Ward, Jr., 2012-2013 County Vice-President
ST. JOHNSBURY/LYNDON INDUSTRIAL PARK BOARD
•Douglas Wheeler
•Don Bostic
•Richard Lawrence
•Vacancy
•James Impey
AT LARGE MEMBERS-INCLUDES LEGISLATORS BELOW
•Dena Gray
•Conrad Doyon
•Stephen Marsh
•Andrew Meyer
•Gregg Noble
•John Morley
•Trish Sears
•Tom Robinson
•Claudio Forte
•Mercedes Pour-Previti
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy www.leahy.senate.gov
U.S. Senator Bernard Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov
U.S. Representative Peter Welch www.welch.house.gov
STATE LEGISLATURE (2007-2008 Legislative Session)
Senators
Caledonia County
(R) Joseph Benning, 626-3600, jbenning@leg.state.vt.us
(D) Jane Kitchel, 684-3482, Fax 684-3929, janek45@hotmail.com
Essex-Orleans County
(D) Robert Starr, 988-2877 or 988-2281
(R) John Rodgers, 525-4182
Representatives by District
Caledonia-1 (Barnet, Ryegate, Waterford)
(R) Leigh Larocque, 748-3481, llarocque@leg.state.vt.us
Caledonia-2 (Hardwick, Stannard, Walden)
(D) Kristina Michelsen,
Caledonia-3 (St. Johnsbury)
(D) Robert South, 748-0873, rsouth@leg.state.vt.us
(D) Michelle Fay,
Caledonia-4 (Burke, Lyndon, Sutton)
(R) Richard Lawrence, 626-5917 or 626-5538, RLawrence@leg.state.vt.us
(R) Martha "Marty" Feltus, 626-9516
Caledonia-Washington-1 (Cabot, Danville, Peacham)
(D) Kitty Beattie Toll, 684-3671, ktoll@leg.state.vt.us
Essex-Caledonia-1 (Bloomfield, Brunswick, Concord, Granby, Guildhall, Kirby, Lunenburg, Maidstone, Victory)
(R/D) Connie Quimby, 695-2575
Essex-Caledonia-Orleans-1 (Averill, Avery’s Gore, Brighton (Island Pond), Canaan, East Haven, Ferdinand, Lemington, Lewis, Newark, Norton, Warner’s Grant, Warren's Gore, Westmore)
(R) William Johnson, 277-8329
Orange-Caledonia-1 (Groton, Newbury, Topsham)
(D) Chip Conquest, 757-3803, cconquest@leg.state.vt.us
Orleans-1 (Brownington, Charleston, Derby, Holland, Morgan)
(R/D) Loren Shaw, 766-5022
(R/D) Lynn Batchelor, 873-3006, lbatchelor@leg.state.vt.us
Orleans-2 (Coventry, Irasburg, Newport City, Newport Town)
(R) Michael Marcotte, 334-6302 or 334-2132, MMarcotte@leg.state.vt.us
(R) Duncan Kilmartin, 334-7386 Fax 334-6402, dkilmartin@leg.state.vt.us
Orleans-Caledonia-1 (Albany, Barton, Craftsbury, Glover, Greensboro, Sheffield, Wheelock)
(R) Vicki Strong, 754-2790, vstrong@leg.state.vt.us
(D) Sam Young, 321-0365, syoung@leg.state.vt.us
Orleans-Franklin-1 (Jay, Lowell, Montgomery, Troy, Westfield)
(R) Mark Higley, 744-6379, mhigley@leg.state.vt.us
