Growing up in a small North Idaho town, my family was very involved in the Arts, helping to bring artists to our town from across the US and around the world. I met folk musicians and ballerinas and Classical pianists and all sorts of other folks, and I also got to see them perform. Those fun, moving, inspiring experiences continue to reverberate, as does the knowledge that behind the fun and the inspiration there’s a lot of stuffing envelopes, setting up chairs, and baking cookies. I am excited that Randolph has a world class performance venue, event space and gallery, and to be able to help out by serving on the Board of Directors.

As a lifelong Randolph resident, Chandler is foundational to my love of live music. Having benefited from the amazing performance and gathering place that Chandler is for the local community for so long, I am excited to be giving back. It’s a great live music and art space and an incredible resource for the Randolph community. My hope is to help find ways to encourage the whole community to come together and enjoy it like I do.

I support Chandler because supporting everyone's access to the arts is imperative to a healthy community. Chandler's uniquely fantastic music hall, art gallery, and events space are not merely shining jewels of the White River Valley — they are safe havens for all people to gather, collaborate, inspire, and be inspired. Also the acoustics are miraculous.

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I support Chandler because it is truly where arts and community meet. Growing up in a large city, I was immersed in many forms of art from a very early age. Moving to Randolph was a dramatic change in my life, and as I began raising my own family, I came to see Chandler as a wonderful way to stay connected to the arts while also building meaningful relationships within the local community.

Events such as the Summer Musical, the Holiday Market, the New World Festival, and gallery exhibitions bring people together in powerful and joyful ways. I am proud to support and help sustain this meaningful partnership between Chandler and the Central Vermont community.

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I support Chandler because it is a venue for our community to connect with each other, along with providing individuals in our community the opportunity to participate in the arts, whichever medium they choose.  The former strengthens our bonds as a community, while the latter helps facilitates us as community members to lead a richer and more satisfying life.  

I know how important an arts center can be for a small town. Growing up on the edge of the Adirondack Park, my experiences in high school theater there gave me a lifelong love for the performing arts. I am excited to be a part of the Chandler and Randolph community as we change and grow in unique ways. It is a rare town that has such a world class cultural center as we have here in Chandler, rarer still for one in the center of a state of such natural beauty as Vermont.

I am an eternal theater kid at heart. I discovered technical theater at 14, was working professionally by 15, and eventually made theater my career. I worked as a Technical Director and lighting designer in New Mexico before moving to Randolph and spending nearly a decade as Chandler’s Technical Director.

Some of the work I valued most was training young technicians ages 8–18. I was fortunate to have mentors who trusted me with real responsibility when I was young, and I always saw working with the next generation as a way of paying that forward.

My professional life has taken me away from technical theater, but not from my love of theater or Chandler. I joined the Board because I want to see this remarkable theater continue to thrive and be part of the community for generations to come.  When I’m not working, you’re most likely to find me out hiking or backpacking with my dog.