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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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Anne O'Brien, ChairA Richmond resident for over 30 years, Anne has a deep commitment to the Town, the Community Senior Center, and the membership it serves. She has been a major catalyst for the CSC’s expansion in programs and activities to meet the needs of our changing senior population. She also served as Richmond’s State Representative for seven years, and was on the House Appropriations Committee.
Anne holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, and a Master’s Degree in the Science of Administration. A proponent of initiatives that foster overall wellness and personal enrichment for seniors, her vision includes a dedicated facility to serve this important part of our population in Richmond, Bolton and Huntington. |
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Betsy Emerson, Vice-ChairA retired clinical worker, Betsy moved from Massachusetts to Richmond in 2008 to be near her son and his family. She and her partner Jane Van Landingham care for seven sheep and two cats on their Two Grammas Farm in Jonesville.
Betsy leads a needlecrafting group for seniors at Holy Rosary Church. She also enjoys cross country skiing and walking, and is a member of the Grange and Hale and Hearty. Betsy very much supports the multifaceted programming that the Community Senior Center provides for our three towns. |
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Deborah Worthley, SecretaryDebbie, a native Vermonter and Huntington resident since 1972, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from UVM. She retired from a 30-year career at UVM that included adult education, development of UVM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Associate Director of UVM’s Center on Aging.
In Huntington, she has served on the Brewster Pierce school board, the Senior Housing Committee, the HERO senior support committee and as a library volunteer. Her interests include gardening, cross country skiing, walking, kayaking, and drawing. As chair of the senior center program committee she looks forward to the growth of the Community Senior Center in all the communities we serve, as a gathering place for seniors to enhance their lives through fun activities, learning and good company. |
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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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Catherine CoggioCatherine is a native of Everett, MA and has lived in Richmond since 1967 where her sixth child was born. A retired RN who has worked in both psychiatry and school nursing, she fully embraces the need seniors have for connection, relationships and a sense of belonging.
A founding member of the Community Senior Center Board of Directors. Catherine has always been active in her community and now devotes extensive time to the Community Senior Center, the Richmond Historical Society, the Hale and Hearty Club, and Richmond Foot Clinic. |
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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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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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Jane VosslerJane 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 and writes for the Times Ink. She loves to travel, kayak, garden, and read and write. |
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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 curriculum focused on writing and led Earl into advertising and press relations. He continued with communications work in various corporate roles, and for former business friends after retiring. Today he enjoys applying his writing and communications experience to help connect seniors with the CSC’s many 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 when his family visits. |
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Doris WheelockBorn and raised in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Doris became a Bolton resident in 1988. She is employed at Global Foundries and previously worked for 31 years during the facility’s IBM ownership. A member of Trinity College’s last graduating class, she earned an associate degree in Business Administration.
With a dedication to promoting nutrition and service to others, Doris has voluntarily provided monthly meals for seniors in Bolton since 2004. She is committed to seeing the development of a Community Senior Center to serve the communities of Richmond, Huntington and Bolton. |
