UP for Learning was awarded it’s independent 501(c)(3) status in May of 2015.
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Board Member |
Affiliations |
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Cara Cookson, Chair
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Cara has been an ardent advocate for youth voice and small rural schools for over a decade, as a student at Cabot School, and now as a practicing lawyer. |
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Jan Westervelt, Treasurer |
Jan is a retired accounting professional |
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Hillary Laggis, Secretary |
Hillary is a Hazen Union YATST alumni student, and a communications professional. |
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Tom Alderman |
Tom is a retired educator and currently serves on the Board of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. |
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Daniel Baron |
Daniel is the founder of the Critical Friends Groups organization (NSRF), the Harmony School (high school) and the Project School in Bloomington, IN. He is a national consultant on school reform. |
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Taylor Ducharme |
Taylor is a Hazen Union High School YATST alumni member and current student at the University of Vermont. |
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Val Gardner |
Val is a past principal at Champlain Valley Union School, a Saint Michael’s College professor, and faculty member of the Snelling Educational Leadership program. |
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Michelle Maseroni |
Michelle is a former Getting to “Y” youth co-facilitator, and currently an education major at the University of Vermont. |
| Ally Oswald Chester, VT |
Ally is a student at Green Mountain High School, and a YATST Advisor. |
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Peter Peltz |
Peter is a former Chair of the VT House of Representatives Education Committee, and current member of the VT State Board of Education. |
| Ben Williams |
Ben is a professor and site coordinator for Union Institute and University, an adjunct professor for UVM, and former Director of Teacher Licensure at Goddard College. |
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