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Meet Our Board Members
The Community Senior Center of Bolton, Richmond and Huntington is governed by the following volunteer board of trustees and supported by many member volunteers who provide experience and time directly and on committees.
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Jane Vossler, ChairJane has lived in Richmond since 1990 and is retired from a career in teaching. Through her work on the program committee she coordinates activities such as Around the World, a series of travelogues, and spring and winter birding with the Birds of Vermont Museum. She also teaches a class in memoir writing and is the leader of a group that reads plays aloud.
In addition to her work with the Community Senior Center she volunteers with the Richmond Food Shelf and Thrift Store. She loves to travel, kayak, garden, and read and write. |
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Jeanne Desilets, Vice-ChairJeanne was brought up in Hinesburg, VT and attended Champlain Valley Union HS. She went on to UVM, earning a BS in Physical Education and later a degree in Elementary Education. She and her husband Ray built their home in Richmond in 1982 and raised two children. After teaching in Williston for 34 years, she retired to full-time daycare for her first grandchild and later her grandson.
An avid participant in many CSC activities, Jeanne is also a member of the Hale and Hearty Club, and volunteers in her church. She is a member of the Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority, a women teachers’ organization, and serves as its Vermont State President. Favorite pastimes in her active lifestyle include walking, exercising, gardening, cooking, dancing, music, knitting and crocheting, traveling, and playing her ukulele. |
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Kathy Kort, SecretaryA Huntington resident for over thirty years, Kathy retired in 2014 after more than four decades as a high school special education transition specialist. Her motivation for serving as Board Secretary was to give something in return after the CSC connected her so well with others and helped ease her through her transition into retirement and loss of her spouse.
A resilient advocate for wellness, Kathy enjoys many CSC programs and activities including Bone Builders, swimming, hiking, playing the ukulele, and line dancing along with her daily yoga practice. She also serves on the Board of Green Mountain Performing Arts Center in Waterbury, is a Friend of the Huntington Library, delivers Meals on Wheels and is involved with activities of Richmond Congregational Church. |
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George Lam, TreasurerA Huntington resident since 1995, George grew up in San Francisco and earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Berkeley. He and his wife moved to Vermont to start a family and have never regretted it. George has volunteered on the Huntington school board, Brewster-Pierce PIE, Friday Food Affair and Camp Exclamation Point. He has also been cooking Chinese New Year lunch at Brewster-Pierce for the past 17 years.
George grew up as an avid tennis player but enjoys all racquet sports. He is an active participant in Pickleball and leads the Table Tennis group for the CSC. His goal as treasurer is to provide the board with the necessary information to make sound financial decisions as the CSC continues to grow. |
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Jack LazarowskiJack and his wife Linda moved to Bolton five years ago, downsizing from their Charlotte barn after both of their children moved to the West Coast to pursue their careers. Neighbors invited them to a Bolton Up & Down Senior Dinner at the fire house and so began their new life in a new community. Next came his growing involvement with the CSC. He’s now an active participant in our weekly State of the World discussion group and the Richmond Coffee Hour and hosts the Bolton Coffee Hour.
An artist & designer by temperament and training, Jack continues to dabble in creating beautiful things. He is also an avid gardener and delights in designing and building such things as a cold frame for nurturing his baby plants before placing them into the Fernwood Community Garden which he also organizes. |
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Martha NyeMartha, a Richmond resident since 1987, is originally from Lewis County, NY, and is retired from a career in non-profit development. She brings a high level of enthusiasm and energy to establishing and growing the menu of CSC activities, and coordinating them with other members and many outside resources who provide programs.
Martha’s current interests include woodturning, genealogy, walking, hiking, expanding her program list and advocating for a community senior center that can further enrich seniors’ lives. |
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Mary O'NeilA Burlington native and Richmond resident since 1973, Mary earned her Bachelor's degree in Business Education from Trinity College and a Master’s in Education from the University of Vermont. She retired from teaching at Champlain Valley Union High School in 2002.
Mary has served on the board of Our Community Cares Camp, and participates in various church, civic and educational groups and activities and the Hale and Hearty Club. A firm believer in lifelong education, Mary appreciates the varied opportunities the Community Senior Center provides. |
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Robin PecorRobin has lived in Bolton most of her life, and her family has lived in the area for generations. Among her fondest memories are the many times her great grandmother took hikers and residents across the Winooski in her rowboat.
Her career with the state spanned 35 years, mainly as the Adoption Clerk for all of Vermont. She had more than 1500 kids on her caseload. Robin also started Girl Scouts for Bolton Smile School in 1993. When she retired 7 years later, she had over 30 girls in the troop. She also had a farm and sold eggs, turkeys, honey, rabbit meat and quilts to restaurants and stores. Robin’s longstanding ties to Bolton add to the CSC’s ability to bring its many programs and activities to seniors in her town, where she lives with her husband Chris and teenager Bella. They have 6 kids, 9 grandkids, and 1 great grandchild. Her hobbies are art, crafts, and cooking. |
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Roger PedersenRoger and his wife Rayola moved to Richmond from Maryland in 2014, where they had lived since starting their careers. He continues to maintain a part time working relationship with his law practice in Maryland.
Never having lived in Vermont or a small town, Roger was impressed by Richmond’s feeling of closeness and community, and its government. He set out to learn more about the town’s workings and history, to meet people and to make new friends. In addition to his connection to CSC, he now serves on the Richmond Development Review Board and as a guide at the Round Church. An avid horseman, he moved his thoroughbred to Richmond where they both participate in the local equestrian community’s activities. Admittedly not accustomed to the climate, he enjoys biking above fifty degrees and downhill skiing with Rayola and friends on double digit bluebird days. |
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Rich Roberge
Rich is an active, hands-on person with a great talent for working with people. He helped build his own homes, including the one in Richmond where he and Sue settled in 2017 after moving from Hyde Park to be closer to their daughter. He credits his ability to mentor and motivate people to many years of working with students, parents and school officials as a scholastic hockey coach. He was also responsible for first-aid in his career as a tool maker and production supervisor, and as a coach.
Rich and Sue are especially active in many of the CSC’s outdoor programs. His 20-plus years of kayaking and his first-aid background also make him a capable leader and instructor for this popular CSC water sport. |
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Kathie TemplinKathie first moved to Vermont in 2000 from Kentucky where she was born. After the loss of her spouse and with her children having moved west, she spent 2012-2017 in North Carolina. When her daughter and family moved to Richmond, Kathie soon followed in 2017.
A retired social worker and business manager, Kathie enjoys meeting people and staying active through the opportunities the CSC offers, and has a special interest in developing a transportation program to ensure all seniors can attend the CSC’s programs they enjoy. Her assisting families with transportation as a social worker in UVM’s dialysis units has given her a great deal of experience in this area. Kathie serves as a Richmond Library Trustee, delivers Meals on Wheels, and is on the Homeowner Selection Committee for Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity. Her favorite activities are walking, hiking, swimming, cooking and traveling. |
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Earl WesterEarl’s career in marketing and Diane’s as an educator involved several moves in the US and abroad, but their years in western Massachusetts convinced them they would settle somewhere in New England. On one summer vacation they stopped in Richmond and it clicked: they retired here in 2009.
His English major focused on creative writing which led Earl into advertising and press relations in the early years of his career. Today he applies his communications experience to helping connect seniors with the CSC’s activities, programs and community services. He and Diane enjoy traveling around New England and Quebec. An avid skier, Earl also enjoys biking, kayaking and hiking, especially with family members who visit each summer. |
Founders
We are grateful for the commitment of these people who established the Community Senior
Center and the framework for its long-term success:
Catherine Coggio
Melita DeBellis
Anne O’Brien
Mary O’Neil
Velma Plouffe
Center and the framework for its long-term success:
Catherine Coggio
Melita DeBellis
Anne O’Brien
Mary O’Neil
Velma Plouffe
