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.