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NOVEMBER 2001
Stuart Bennett: Stuart is a landlord, attorney and
President of Vermont Apartment Owners Association, Inc. He has worked on behalf
of private landlords for over 20 years on legislative and legal issues.
Sarah Carpenter: Sarah has served as the Executive Director
of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency since 1998. A life-long Burlington
resident, Sarah was the Executive Director of Cathedral Square Corporation from
1983 until 1998, where she was involved in housing development, management and
service delivery for seniors and people with disabilities.
Paul Dettman: Paul has served as the Executive Director of
the Burlington Housing Authority since 1995. Prior to joining BHA, he served
with the Vermont State Housing Authority, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
and Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation, where he worked on new
housing development, mobile home park acquisition, lead paint hazard reduction
and the Section 8 program.
Kevin Dorn: Kevin has served as the Executive Director of
the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont since 1992.
Previously, he was the Government Affairs Director of the Vermont Association of
Realtors and a lobbyist for the aerospace industry in Congress.
Mark Eldridge: Mark has served as the City’s Director of
Planning and Zoning since 1984. Previously he was Redevelopment Coordinator and
Assistant Planning Director for Brookline, Massachusetts. Mark served as a
member of the 1985-1986 Affordable Housing Task Force.
Eric Farrell: Eric has been in the real estate
business since graduating from St. Michael’s College in 1969. Throughout his 32-year career, he has worked extensively in residential
and commercial development, permit acquisition and brokerage. A life-long
resident of Burlington, Eric is an associate with Redstone Commercial Group of
Burlington.
Ellie Kenworthy: Ellie was a home mortgage lender for 15
years, most recently with Spruce Mortgage and previously with the former Bank of
Vermont. A Burlington native who lives in the New North End, Ellie has been on
the Zoning Board of Adjustment and currently serves on the City’s Development
Review Board.
Brian Knight: Brian is Executive Director of Preservation
Burlington and Assistant Director for Donor Relations at Saint Michael’s
College. A graduate of the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program,
Brian has held a variety of positions with preservation organizations and with
local governments in Vermont.
Karen Lafayette: A Burlington native, Karen served as a State Representative from Burlington's South End in the Vermont State
Legislature from 1993 to 2000. During her legislative tenure, she was on
the Ways & Means Committee and Chair
of the Joint House and Senate Legislative Committee on Affordable Housing.
In June of 2001, Karen was appointed by Governor Howard Dean to serve on the
Board of Directors of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency.
Rita Markley: Rita has served as the Executive Director of
the Committee on Temporary Shelter since 1996. She serves on the board of
directors for several organizations: Housing Vermont and the National Coalition
for the Homeless. Rita was a founding member of the Vermont Alliance of
Nonprofit Organizations and the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness.
Mike McNamara: Mike serves at the State Coordinator for the
Vermont Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Before
joining HUD, he served as deputy Director of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency
and as Executive Director of the Alexandria (VA) Redevelopment and Housing
Authority. From 1985 to 1995, Mike served as the Executive Director of the
Burlington Housing Authority.
Michael Monte: Michael is the Director of the City’s Community and Economic
Development Office (CEDO), a position that he held from 1989-1993 and again from
1999-present. He served as CEDO’s Assistant Director for Community Development
from 1984-1989. Michael represented Burlington’s South End (Ward 5) from
1994-1996 on the City Council.
Kenn Sassorossi: Kenn is currently the Vice President for
Program Development at Housing Vermont. From 1988 until 2000, Kenn was the
Executive Director of Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation. A native
of Barre, Kenn was Executive Director of the Winooski Housing Authority from
1978 to 1988.
Brenda Torpy: Brenda has served as the Executive Director
of the Burlington Community Land Trust since 1991. Previously, Brenda led the
successful tenant buy-out of the Northgate Apartments and served in the
multi-family department of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency. From 1984 until
1987, Brenda was the City of Burlington’s Assistant Director for Housing.
Ted Wimpey: Ted has been program director with Vermont
Tenants, Inc. (VTI) for 11 years. VTI
is a program of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO). Ted has been a resident of Burlington’s Old North End for 13 years and
is currently a member of Burlington’s Board of Police Commissioners.
Staff:
Brian Pine, Assistant Director for Housing for the City of
Burlington
Technical Personnel:
John E. Davis, Consultant with Burlington Associates in
Community Development
Erhard Mahnke, Housing Policy Consultant
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