Thanks to Our Original Visionaries

Charter Collaborators

  • Preservation Trust of Vermont
  • Spero & Elizabeth Latchis
  • Senator Patrick H. Leahy
  • State of Vermont
  • The Thomas Thompson Trust
  • Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
  • Potter Stewart Jr. (Potter Stewart, Jr. Law Offices)
  • Richard M. Gale (Gale, Corum & Mabie)

Charter Executive Advisory Group

  • Sen. Robert T. Gannett
  • Lil Farber
  • Rick Hashagen
  • Larry Cassidy
  • Phil Steckler

Founding Donors

  • Anonymous (2)
  • Brattleboro Savings & Loan
  • Chittenden Bank
  • Entergy Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.
  • Leader Beverage
  • The Thomas Thompson Trust
  • Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc.
  • State of Vermont
  • The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
  • Vermont Community Development Program

Founding Board of Directors

  • Jim Maxwell
  • Frank Bellizia
  • Zon Eastes
  • Debra Hicks
  • Orion Barber
  • Robert DuGrenier
  • George Heller
  • Munson Hicks
  • Laura Anne Howat
  • Patricia Howell
  • David Ryan
  • Russ West

The Brattleboro Arts Initiative and The Preservation Trust of Vermont are nonprofit organizations.