Infrastructure

Chair, John H. Marshall
Managing Partner, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

The goal of the Roundtable is to identify and promote balanced policy recommendations to address the necessary infrastructure to support Vermont’s economic and social vitality. The Working Group focuses on energy supply, generation and transmission; environmental stewardship; housing; regulatory and permitting reform; telecommunications; and, transportation policy.

Members:

Lisa Birmingham, Director of Government Affairs
Comcast

Frank Cioffi, President
Cynosure, Inc.

Brian Cosgrove, Manager of Government Affairs
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee

Staige Davis, CEO
Lang McLaughry Spera

Bill Deehan, Vice President of Power Planning & Regulatory Affairs
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation

Ken Deon, Managing Partner
KPMG

Bob DiPalma, Principal
Paul Frank + Collins P.C.

John Donleavy, President & CEO
Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc.

Chris Dutton, President & CEO
Green Mountain Power Corporation

Carolyn Edwards, President & CEO
Competitive Computing

Don Gilbert, President & CEO
Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.

Dave Hallquist, CEO and Vice President
Vermont Electric Cooperative

Blair Hamilton, Policy Director
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Peter Hofstetter, CEO
Northwestern Medical Center, Inc.

Bob Huth, Jr., Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Middlebury College

Jay Kenlan, President
Kenlan, Schwiebert, Facey & Goss, P.C.

Rolf Kielman, Managing Partner
Truex Cullins

John King, President & CEO
Vermont Public Television

Tom McLaughlin, Vice President - Sales
Unicel

Ken Perine, President
National Bank of Middlebury

Pam Porell, Vice President
Verizon - Vermont

Beth Sachs, Executive Director
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Ted Sullivan, Site Vice President
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee

Mark Vogelzang, President & General Manager
Vermont Public Radio

Tim Volk, President (ex-officio)
Kelliher Samets Volk

Doug Wacek, President & CEO
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies

Bob Young, President & CEO
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation

Peter Zamore, Director
Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C.

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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)
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