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Maintaining & Protecting Vermont's Long Trail Since 1910

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Volunteer via a GMC Committee

Make a difference by volunteering on a GMC Committee.
Make a difference by volunteering with the Green Mountain Club.

Serving on a Green Mountain Club committee is a great way to influence the Club’s day-to-day work and long-term planning. Committees generally meet virtually, two to four times a year.

How it works: The Board of Directors approves committees and working groups that will support the function of the organization. The Board’s president annually appoints committee members and chairpersons. Committees are comprised of GMC members and representatives from partner organizations.

No prior experience required. Please email us for more information or to get involved.

Committee Descriptions

Camps Committee members provide strategic leadership, technical resources, business and marketing planning, and hands-on assistance with managing GMC’s non-Long Trail cabins. These rustic overnight accommodations are accessible and affordable options for both the public and GMC members.

Budget & Finance Committee members provide guidance to the treasurer, executive director, and finance director in overseeing GMC’s financial affairs, annual budget, audit, and tax filing.

Development Committee members support GMC’s operations, programs, and capital initiatives by growing its funding sources.

Endowment Committee members provide oversight and management of the Club’s board-designated investment accounts.

Executive Committee members carry out GMC business between Board meetings; advise the president; and monitor the vitality of the corporation and its sections. *Currently full.

Land Conservation Committee members guide GMC’s practices, programs, and policies for land management around the Long Trail System and the delegated Appalachian Trail corridor lands. Members oversee and guide GMC’s land protection programs, ensuring permanent protection of the trails and resources of the Long Trail System. *Currently full.

Membership Committee members cultivate membership growth for GMC. GMC is a membership-based organization.

Nominating Committee members prepare a slate of candidates for general directorship vacancies; prepare a slate of officers for the Board of Directors; and recommend nominees for Honorary Life GMC memberships. *Currently full.

Publications Committee members support the production, marketing, pricing, and fulfillment activities of GMC’s publications and merchandising enterprises. This enhances GMC’s position as the preeminent source of high-quality publications related to the Long Trail and hiking in Vermont.

Trail Management Committee members encourage effective management of the Long Trail and Appalachian Trail and associated facilities; and provide guidance regarding GMC’s participation in other Vermont trails and trail issues. *Currently full.

DEI Working Group members advise the Board of Directors and provide leadership to the organization as it works to address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Club. The DEI working group fosters change within the Club by recommending ways to integrate DEI within the organization’s mission, operations, programs, and governance. *Currently full. 

To learn more or to get involved, please email [email protected].

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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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