Left to right, Melinda Moulton, Elise Guyette, Gail Rosenberg, Lisa Evans.

Leadership

Collectively, the co-founders have served on the Boards of community and/or statewide nonprofits for nine decades.

Our Co-Founders

Melinda Moulton

Co-Founder
Advisory Council Chair
Moulton, business woman, filmmaker, TV host, and author, was CEO of Main Street Landing Company and led the forty-year redevelopment of the Burlington Waterfront. She has a TV show Moments with Melinda on CCTV that is syndicated across the state. She and her husband Rick Moulton founded Rick Moulton Productions, a documentary film company. Moulton is a graduate of Katharine Gibbs, Boston. She studied business while at Harvard working for Dr. James Watson’s Department of Microbiology. Melinda was the recipient of the Nate Harris Award from the Burlington Business Association and The Terry Ehrich Award from The Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.

Elise Guyette

Co-Founder
Board Co-President
Historian, educator, and author Dr. Guyette co-directed a federal grant, Turning Points in American History, for Vermont teachers. Her publications include Vermont: A Cultural Patchwork and Discovering Black Vermont for which she received the 2010 Richard O. Hathaway prize for outstanding contributions to the field of Vermont history. She co-founded two walking tours, Burlington Edible History and More than a Market, which told the stories of various immigrant groups, their food traditions, and food businesses. At the University of Vermont Guyette earned  a B.S, Social Sciences; M.Ed., Curriculum Development; M.A., History; and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies in History.

Gail Rosenberg

Co-Founder
Board Co-President

Rosenberg is a writer, fundraiser, and communications specialist and co-founder of the Burlington Edible History and Old North End More than a Market walking tours. She co-founded and ran the country’s first clearinghouse on innovative work schedules, promoted a 10-year sold out run of the Big Apple Circus for Shelburne Museum, and ran a multi-million-dollar capital campaign for Howard Center. Her stories on VT circus history, food, unleashed dog pack hikes, and flexible work schedules have appeared in varied journals, The Washington Post, and Seven Days. When the Brooklyn Bridge’s promenade was replaced, she ran a fundraiser for a nonprofit where she sold (actual!) pieces of the Brooklyn Bridge. Rosenberg has a B.A. from Brooklyn College/CUNY and an M.S. in Communications from American University.

Lisa Evans

Co-Founder
Board Secretary
Evans is an experienced professional and passionate advocate for preserving and celebrating history. With her background in Museum Studies and her experience leading the Saint Albans Museum as Executive Director, Evans is committed to making history accessible and engaging for all. As the owner of Remembery, she uses digitization and storytelling to help people preserve their memories, fostering connections between individuals and their past. Evans has a B.A in History from Northern Vermont University and an M.A in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University.

Board Members

Elise A. Guyette - Co-Chair

Gail Rosenberg - Co-Chair

Lisa Evans - Secretary

Sheryl Leslie - Treasurer, Integrity Accounts LLC, Virtual CFO.

Matthew MacNeil - EdD, Director of Evaluation, Howard Center.

Margaret Tamulonis - Manager, Collections & Exhibitions, UVM Fleming Museum of Art.

Jennifer Herrera Condry - Co-founder and Creative Director, Juniper Creative Arts

Rajnii Eddins - Spoken Word Poet/Emcee and Teaching Artist

Barbara Shatara - Programs & Partnerships Librarian, Fletcher Free Library

Advisory Council

Melinda Moulton - Chair

Hugo Martinez Cazon - Environmental Engineer and Historian

Brian Cina - Legislator, Community Leader

Bridget Devlin - Exhibit Development Lead at Luci Creative

Prudence Doherty - Librarian, UVM Special Collections

Jim Leddy - Former legislator, Community Leader

Jim Lockridge - Executive Director, Big Heavy World

Eliot Lothrop - Building Heritage, Historic Preservation and Restoration

Miles McCallum - UVM M.A. Student in History

Carol Ode - Legislator, Community Leader

Brian Pine - Burlington CEDO Director

Thomas Visser - Professor UVM Department of History

Gautier Wallaert - Finance Investment Professional