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.