Board of Directors

One of 40 Councils nationwide, the VCRD is an independent non-profit with a 24 member Board of Directors representing federal, state, local, private, and non-profit partners working together to promote the progress of rural Vermont. Federal John Roberts, USDA Farm Services Agency John Sinclair, Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forest Sarah Waring, USDA Rural…

Our Team

Staff  |  Board of Directors Staff Laura Cavin Bailey Climate Economy Program Manager [email protected] 802-234-1646 Laura strives to continually engage with systems thinking and community-based initiatives to advance collaborative, healthy, energy efficient, and adaptable places. Laura’s diverse work experience includes solar electric system design and installation, biodiesel production, a research fellow at the Energy Studies…

About VCRD

Unleashing the power of Vermonters to create a better future! The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont’s rural communities. VCRD is a dynamic partnership of federal, state, local, nonprofit and private partners. Actively non-partisan with an established reputation for community-based facilitation,…