VEOP Board
The VEOP board consists of seven positions, filled by volunteers elected at our annual meeting held each April at the New England Educational Opportunity Programs conference. Our current board:
president
Soren Dews, VSAC Talent Search soren.dews@veop.org
president elect
Dylan Bertolini, VSAC GEAR UP dylan.bertolini@veop.org
past president
Lindsay Carpenter, Lyndon Institute Upward Bound lindsay.carpenter@veop.org
secretary
Kailah Easton, SUNY Plattsburgh Upward Bound kailah.easton@veop.org
treasurer
Rachel Casey, VTSU Castleton Upward Bound rachel.casey@veop.org
State Liaison
Dylan Bertolini, VSAC GEAR UP dylan.bertolini@veop.org
Director Liaison
Michele Feiner, VTSU Johnson Student Support Services michele.feiner@veop.org
VEOP also has seven standing committees: Conference, Advocacy, Communications and Public Affairs, Membership, Nominations and Election, and Awards and Scholarship, and Development. Elected officers serve as committee chairs when no designee is assigned. Current committee chairs:
Conference committee chair
Lindsay Carpenter, Lyndon Institute Upward Bound lindsay.carpenter@veop.org
Advocacy committee chair
Elizabeth King, Community College of Vermont Student Support Services elw12050@ccv.vsc.edu
Communications and public affairs committee chair
Soren Dews, VSAC Talent Search soren.dews@veop.org
Membership committee chair
Rachel Casey, VTSU Castleton Upward Bound rachel.casey@veop.edu
Nominations and election committee chair
Soren Dews, VSAC Talent Search soren.dews@veop.org
Award and scholarships committee chair
Cathy Printon, VSAC GEAR UP printon@vsac.org
Development committee chair
Soren Dews, VSAC Talent Search soren.dews@veop.org
Interested in serving on the VEOP board or on a committee? Contact any current member for more information.