Green Mountain Club

Maintaining & Protecting Vermont's Long Trail Since 1910

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Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors are volunteers who devote a great deal of their time and energy to the organization.  They serve on committees, volunteer their time on and off the trail, and spend countless hours working to protect and maintain the Long Trail System. Below is a list of our current Board members – you can click on their name for their biography. 

Officers:

Howard VanBenthuysen, President
Nancy McClellan, Vice President
Caitlin Miller, Secretary
Nancy Thomas, Treasurer

Directors:

Cathi Brooks, Northeast Kingdom Section
Jake Chinitz, Sterling Section
Beth Eliason, Bread Loaf Section
David Hartman, Manchester Section
David Hathaway, General
Anne Houser, General
Andrew “Andy” Hood, Connecticut Section
Tom Kahl, Upper Valley Ottaquechee Section
Mariah Keagy, General
Nika Meyers, General
Ramchandra “Ram” Moennsad, General
Millie Mugica, General
Paulina Murray, UVM Board Fellow
Andrew Nuquist, Montpelier Section
Kip Potter, Northern Frontier Section
Bob Paquin, Laraway Section
Mike Peckar, Worcester Section
Alexis Peters, General
Collier Shutter, Brattleboro Section
Martha Stitelman, Bennington Section
Don Taylor, General
Susan Tobin, Burlington Section
Larry Walter, Killington Section
Jeff Wehrwein, General

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Mission

The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people." Read more...

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4711 Waterbury-Stowe Road
Waterbury Center, Vermont 05677
802.244.7037 | Email GMC

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