Vermont Business Roundtable

Created in 1987 as a nonprofit, public interest organization, the Vermont Business Roundtable membership is comprised of 120 CEOs of Vermont's most active and committed for-profit and not-for-profit employers. Our mission is to make Vermont the best place in America to do business, be educated and live life.

The success of this organization is attributed to the personal involvement of the principal officers of our member businesses. Their essential leadership on key public policy issues has been the foundation of our ability to make a difference.

During the 20 years since its inception, the Vermont Business Roundtable has dedicated itself to thoughtful, deliberative, and well-documented analyses of significant public policy issues affecting all Vermonters. From our first report in 1988 entitled, “Population and Employment Forecast” to the 2006 report entitled, “Having the Courage to Change”, the Roundtable has engaged in research and analysis, collaboration, and communication and advocacy to bring a uniquely balanced, non-partisan, and long-range perspective to policymaking in Vermont.

As well, the Vermont Business Roundtable has played a leadership role in the development and launch of significant projects that have enhanced the economic vitality and social fabric of Vermont. Chief among them have been the Medallion School Awards program, the Born to Read Initiative, the Peer to Peer Collaborative, and the Young Writers Project.

Attention Business Leaders:

We are pleased to bring you an exciting and unique two-day Executive Leadership Technology Summit – Business Agility through Technology, hosted by Champlain College’s Workforce Development Center on September 10 & 11, at the Doubletree Hotel in Burlington. The attached brochure includes program descriptions and agenda. This event, sponsored by the Vermont Business Roundtable is targeted specifically to senior level executives and managers in industries that rely on networking, especially wireless technology, for their business operations.

For more information, or to register online go to: www.go.champlain.edu/leadersummit.

Space is limited so we encourage you to reserve your seat now. If you have any questions please contact Cathy Brotzman at Champlain’s Workforce Development Center, 865-5471 or Brotzman@champlain.edu.

Download Executive Leadership Technology Summit Brochure

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In the News

L3Cs: Low Profit Limited Liability Companies

The Vermont Business Roundtable sponsored a luncheon on L3Cs on July 24, 2008 at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center in South Burlington. Our featured presenter was Tom Moody, Chair of the Business Law Group at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC.

Earlier this year Vermont became the first state in the U.S. to enact a law enabling the formation of Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies, also known as “L3Cs.” The L3C organizational structure is designed to enable socially focused organizations to raise capital through a layered capital structure that includes investment by private foundations and financial investors with the ultimate goal of improving capital formation and increasing self-sustainability.

View Moody's full presentation

Read Mr. Moody's article on L3Cs

Remarks by David Finney, President, Champlain College (June 3, 2008)

When Lisa called me – about a month ago now – to speak to you today I didn’t think much about the breadth of today’s topic – the future and the changes it will bring. Once I began to think about it, it was difficult to know where to even begin. Like most men, I think that planning for the future involves buying two cases of beer rather than one.

The future. We all know its coming. And just like the weather person on TV, we all have ideas about what it will be like; most of our ideas will be partially correct, and partially incorrect.

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Business-Education Alliance Report Released (April 21, 2008)

Our children will live their lives in a century full of opportunities and challenges. Vermont’s future and our country’s are dependent upon a successful and responsive educational system that delivers a quality 21st century education to every Vermont child. It is the belief of the Business-Education Alliance that the educational system must be designed to ensure all children “graduate.” What it means to “graduate” must be based on each child’s demonstration of the knowledge, skills and attributes, which have been identified as essential for their continued growth as citizens.

Business-Education Alliance Report (April 21, 2008)
VSBA Minority Statement