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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 public school teaching. She finds her work on the program committee very satisfying and especially enjoys coordinating a series of travelogues. She teaches a class in memoir writing. As chair of the board, she works with others to keep the Community Senior Center growing and thriving.
In addition to her work with the Community Senior Center she loves to kayak, garden, and read. |
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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 served 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 pickleball, playing the ukulele, and leading Bone Builders in Huntington. 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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Jess HandrikJess now coordinates Flexible Pathways and Work-based Learning at Winooski High School. Prior to that, she was a High School Completion Program Advisor at Vermont Adult Learning, an organization that helps adults ages 16 and older acquire skills and learning toward a high school diploma. While with The Flynn’s education department, she wrote a grant to join the National Guild for Community Arts’ Catalyzing Creative Aging. The program provided funding for engaging community artists in piloting new initiatives, and included coaching from practitioners in arts-based programming for older adults.
Jess has served on the board of Burlington’s Social Band, and Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Board. She was also Programs Committee Chair for New York City Arts in Education Roundtable’s Board of Directors. Since July 2020, Jess has facilitated a reading and reflection group with the CSC. Her hobbies include walking with her dogs, singing, baking, and photography. |
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Debra HerbstDebra grew up in North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro with a BA in history. Later she earned her MS in Special Education at Old Dominion University in Virginia, and worked as a Special Educator in one of the state’s public school systems. She also served as Executive Director of the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia.
In 1987, Debra moved to Vermont, where she raised her three children. She also earned a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from Woodbury College, and a Certificate in Non-profit Management from Champlain College. Since living in Vermont, she has applied her experience and talents to a variety of service and public organizations. Her positions include museum teacher at the Vermont Historical Society, and Assistant to Representative Janet Ancel at the Vermont State House. She was also Executive Director of The Turning Point Center of Central Vermont, which offers services, programs and workshops for those in the recovery community. Now living in Bolton, Debra has been participating in the Community Senior Center’s activities since 2020, and serves as liaison for several of those activities. She also assists a disabled resident with weekly shopping and attending CSC programs, activities and community dinners. |
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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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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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Rich RobergeRich 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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Darryl SmithSeeking the benefits of a country life, Darryl moved from New Jersey to Roxbury, Vermont in 1986, where he served as the town’s lister for several years. His early career included positions in engineering and marketing in the semiconductor equipment industry. Around 2000, he transitioned into the field of web and database software development and later completed his professional career at the Vermont State Treasurer’s Office and Department of Labor.
Darryl moved to Richmond in 2005 and likes to spend his leisure time hiking and learning about nature and geology. His favorite pastimes also include photography as well as reading, with a particular interest in historical topics. He takes advantage of the CSC’s diverse opportunities to improve his quality of life, and volunteers as leader of the canasta group and activity liaison for Coffee Time and Bone Builders. |
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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. |
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
