2005 Yearbook
VERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS 2005 Yearbook Teaching individuals to take personal responsibility for all of their actions. -The VYCC Mission Board of Directors Ron Redmond, Chair Matthew Fargo, Vice Chair Rain Banbury, Secretary Contents Richard McGarry, Treasurer Eric Hanson, Past Chair Judi Manchester, Past Chair Program Overview 4 Caroline Wadhams-Bennett, Past Chair Richard Darby Project Profiles 6 David Goudy Jeffrey Hallo Season Highlights 8 Martha D. McDaniel, M.D. Franklin Motch Field Staff in Focus 10 Lee Powlus Doris Evans, Founder and Board Member Emeritus Alumni Rendezvous 12 Park Crews 15 - 19 Headquarters Staff Wilderness Crews 20 - 22 Thomas Hark, President Jocelyn Haley, Director of Administration and Finance Roving Crews 23 - 31 Polly Tobin, Director of Field Programs Kate Villa, Director of Development Community Crews 32 – 35 Bridgette Remington, Director of Communications and IT Brian Cotterill, Operations Manager Fall Leadership Crews 36 – 37 Lisa Scott, Parks - Americorps Manager Patrick Kell, Program Manager News from HQ 38 Christa Finnern, Program Coordinator John Leddy, Program Coordinator With Special Thanks 42 Heather Nielsen, Program Coordinator Jason Buss, Program Coordinator Alumni Updates 44 Jennifer Hezel, Administrative Coordinator Don Bicknell, Volunteer Extraordinaire Home of the VYCC 46 Yearbook Editor: JP Grogan Copy Editors: Kate Villa, Polly Tobin A Message from the Founding President Dear Alumni and Friends, 2005 marked the 20th anniversary celebration of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps! We started in 1985 with nothing but passion, a dream of what might be, and a $1 appropriation from the Vermont legislature. Twenty years later, the VYCC has grown into a mature, statewide non-profit organization with a $1.8 million annual budget, 13 year-round staff, three full-time VISTA Volunteers, 22 year-round AmeriCorps Members, and an annual enrollment of over 250 people.
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