Board of Trustees Members

Barnhart, Cynthia (Vice Chair)

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2026

Committees:
ad hoc Labor Advisory Group (leader); Annual Review Subcommittee; Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; Executive Committee (vice chair); University of Vermont Board; ad hoc Presidential Comprehensive Review Committee

Brengle, Susan M.

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2028

Committees:
Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Investment Subcommittee; University of Vermont Board

Cioffi, Frank J.

Gubernatorial Trustee
Term: March 2029

Committees:
Board Governance Work Group (leader); Committee on Board Governance (chair); Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Executive Committee; Multipurpose Center Work Group

Christie, Kevin "Coach"

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2025

Committees:
Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board

Devost, Matthew G.

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2030

Committees:
Audit Committee; Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; University of Vermont Board

Dineen, John M.

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2026

Committees:
ad hoc Labor Advisory Group; Budget, Finance & Investment Committee (vice chair); University of Vermont Board (secretary); Bond Work Group (leader)

Dodge, R. Stanton

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2030

Committees:
Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; University of Vermont Board

Dwyer, Carolyn K.

Gubernatorial Trustee
Term: March 2025

Committees:
Board Governance Work Group; Committee on Board Governance (vice chair); Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee (chair); Executive Committee; Multipurpose Center Work Group

Garimella, Suresh V. (President)

Term: ex officio

Committees:
ad hoc Labor Advisory Group; Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Committee on Board Governance; Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; Executive Committee

Giroux, Katelynn, M.

Student Trustee
Term: March 2025

Committees:
Audit Committee; Board Governance Committee; Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; ad hoc Presidential Comprehensive Review Committee; Multipurpose Center Work Group
 

Goldstein, Jodi H.

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2030

Committees:
Annual Review Subcommittee (vice chair); Audit Committee (vice chair); Committee on Board Governance; Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee (vice chair); University of Vermont Board (chair); ad hoc Presidential Comprehensive Review Committee

Ha, Jennifer

Student Trustee
Term Expires March 2026

Committees:

Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee

Jerome, Stephanie

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2027

Committees:
Ad Hoc Labor Advisory Group; Board Governance Committee; Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board

Lumbra, Ron E. (Chair)

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2028

Committees:
Annual Review Subcommittee (chair); Board Governance Work Group (ex-officio); Executive Committee (chair); University of Vermont Board; ad hoc Presidential Comprehensive Review Committee (leader)

McCree, Donald H.

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2026

Committees:
Bond Work Group; Budget, Finance & Investment Committee (chair); Executive Committee; Investment Subcommittee (vice chair); University of Vermont Board; Multipurpose Center Work Group

Ode, Carol B.

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2025

Committees:
Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board (chair)

Pagano, Ed

Gubernatorial Trustee
Term: March 2027

Committees:
Audit Committee; Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Multipurpose Center Work Group (leader)

Pisanelli, Kristina, M.

Self-Perpetuating Trustee
Term: March 2028

Committees:
Annual Review Subcommitte; Audit Committee; Committee on Board Governance; Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; University of Vermont Board; Multipurpose Center Work Group; ad hoc Presidential Comprehensive Review Committee

Priestley, Monique, E.

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2029

Committees:
Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board

Rogers, Lucy, E.

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2027

Committees:
Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board

Scott, Phil

Governor of Vermont
Term: ex officio

Smith, Shapleigh, Jr.

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2029

Committees:
ad hoc Labor Advisory Group; Audit Committee (chair); Board Governance Work Group; Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Executive Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board (vice chair); Multipurpose Center Work Group

Toleno, Tristan D.

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2029

Committees:
Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board

Toll, Catherine "Kitty" (Secretary)

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2027

Committee:
Audit; Bond Work Group; Budget, Finance & Investment Committee; Executive Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board (Secretary); Multipurpose Center Work Group; ad hoc Presidential Comprehensive Review Committee

Young, Samuel R.

Legislative Trustee
Term: March 2025

Committees:
Annual Review Subcommittee; Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee; Vermont Agricultural College Board