The University of Vermont Board of Trustees today re-elected Ron Lumbra to serve as chair and welcomed three new members following a special meeting.
Lumbra, who is scheduled to serve on the board until March 2028, was re-elected as the board’s chair for a fourth one-year term. Lumbra is a partner in the CEO & Board Practice of Heidrick & Struggles and based in New York. Previously, Lumbra was managing partner of the firm’s Centers of Excellence Americas region. Lumbra has more than 22 years of executive search and succession consulting experience and an extensive track record of recruiting board directors and chief executive officers to a broad variety of clients. Born and raised in Vermont, in St. Albans and Montgomery respectively, Lumbra completed his undergraduate studies at UVM, and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. Lumbra’s bio and photo are available here.
New members start their terms on the board today and include:
Monique Priestley was elected to the board by the Vermont State Legislature, with a term expiring in March 2029. Priestley represents the Upper Valley towns of Bradford, Fairlee, and West Fairlee and is director of digital for CampusCE Corporation, an educational software technology company. She graduated from Northern Vermont University–Lyndon with a BA in digital media and an AS in graphic design. Later she received a Master of Communication in digital media from the University of Washington. She is founder and executive director of The Space on Main, a nonprofit community workspace in Bradford.
Tristan Toleno, who previously served on the board from 2015-2021, was re-elected by the Vermont State Legislature for a six-year term expiring in 2029. He has served as a member of the legislature since 2012 serving the southern Vermont towns of Brookline, Rockingham and Westminster. Toleno is CFO/COO of Global Round Table Leadership, a certified B Corp virtual training company. He received degrees from Wesleyan University (BA), the New England Culinary Institute (AOS) and Marlboro College (MBA). After working as a managing partner and chef at several restaurants, he was named an adjunct professor at Marlboro College’s MBA program which he directed from 2016-2020.
Katelynn Briere, a second-year medical student at the Larner College of Medicine, was appointed by the Associate Directors for the Appointment of Student Trustees to serve on the board for a two-year term. Educated at Saint Michael’s College (BS), Briere serves as a mentor through the Big Sib/Little Sib program at UVM. She was recently awarded a Larner College of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship grant to conduct public health researching regarding opioid use disorder. Briere succeeds Kisha Kalra.
John Bartholomew, Johannah Donovan and Kisha Kalra completed their terms on the board. Trustees Shap Smith and Frank Cioffi completed their current terms of service but were reappointed to six-year terms. The legislature re-elected Smith, and Governor Phil Scott re-appointed Cioffi to another gubernatorial term.