PATRICIA A HANNAFORD REGIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS (Alphabetical Order)

Tricia Allen - ACSD

Tricia Allen was born and raised in VT. She holds degrees in English and Psychology as well as a Masters in Library Science with school library certification. For six years, Tricia worked as the Assistant Youth Librarian before taking over as the head of the department in Salem, MA. When Tricia’s oldest child was approaching school age, the Allen family decided to move back to Vermont. Tricia jumped at the chance to serve as the Ilsley Public Library’s Youth Services Librarian. Ten years later, Tricia and her family count themselves lucky to live, work, and serve in such a supportive community.

William Biederman, WIB - Construction

Will has a varied background in construction, farming, food distribution, business development for the underserved, manufacturing, and high speed inspection specifically in the illumination end of Imaging including LEDs, Xenon, Fiber Optics, Lasers and Fiberlasers. He was involved in an LED lighting startup that was active when LEDs were discrete individually lensed products used at the time for signals and indicators on electronic devices but adapted for the geometries of inspecting objects. He has worked for US, Japanese, and Canadian entities in business development and sales. He has also consulted on the geometry of designing products to be inspected by machine vision. Locally, Will has been involved in Habitat for Humanity, The Makery, and has now been involved in starting up four different FLL Lego teams both in Middlebury and in Vergennes at the Bixby Library. Will’s education was in business and english.

Kim is a resident of New Haven and serves as the Community at Large member from the Mt. Abraham Union School District. She has served on the PAHCC board for more than ten years. Both of her children attended the career center and one is a successful Graphic Designer and the other is a very established commercial house painter!

Kim Farnham, Board Chair – At Large MAUSD

Michael Giorgio - ACSD

Kristina MacKulin, Secretary - ANWSD

Kristina is the Executive Director for the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association (VNLA) since 2004. The VNLA is a statewide professional organization that serves the horticultural/landscaping industry in Vermont and beyond. The VNLA is also the producer of the biennial Vermont Flower Show held at the Champlain Valley Expo. She is the graduate of the University of Maine, Orono with a degree in Plant and Soil Science. She makes her home in N. Ferrisburgh where she raised her two adult children alongside her husband. Now their dogs get all the attention.

Judd grew up in Vergennes and has worked in excavation, trucking, well drilling, and several types of agriculture. He's been a Bridport resident for about 15 years. He has two kids in the ACSD school system. He and his wife owned and operated Daily Chocolate in Vergennes for the last 12 years and sold it to a new owner on December 1st 2020. He has been in the building trades for about 8 years. In July 2020 he decided to go on his own with Robowski LLC with a niche in small jobs.

Judd Markowski , WIB - Self Employed

Sharon grew up in Ipswich Massachusetts, attended Castleton State College, and graduated with her nursing degree in 2013. She decided after completing college that Vermont is where she needed to be in her early nursing career. Her husband and her built their home in East Middlebury where they live with their golden retriever Rosie and two cats. She Has always loved being able to work in a community where her patients know that when they come in for care they will be met with a warm smile. After 6 years working at Rutland Regional Medical Center as an RN in both inpatient units and the Emergency Department, she began working at Porter Medical Center to have deeper roots in the community she calls home.

Sharon Meacham, WIB - Porter Hospital

Steve Orzech , Vice Chair - ACSD

Steve was originally trained as a Computer Systems Analyst where he worked for five years then switched to Social Studies education in 1992 and has never looked back. He recently retired as a secondary school teacher of Technology and Social Studies with experience ranging from the middle grades to high school seniors and spanning many states and Brazil. With an A.A.S. and B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Purdue University and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Virginia, Steve’s formal education spans both the STEM and Humanities curricula. Originally a native of Indiana, he has lived and travelled widely before settling here in Middlebury in 2009 with his wife and youngest son, now a graduate of PAHCC ART technical program. Steve can often be found walking around Middlebury or hiking the TAM with his Entlebucher Swiss Mountain dog, Circe (no she doesn’t have “some Beagle in her”)

Steve splits his time between being the owner and lead instructor at the American Brewers Guild Brewing School and the Head Brewer’s job at Drop In Brewing in Middlebury. He went to high school in Scotland, graduated from Heriot-Watt University with a degree in Malting and Brewing Science in 1982, and has worked in brewing ever since. He moved to Vermont from California in 2002, and both his children attended classes at the PAHCC.

Steve Parkes - WIB

American Brewers Guild Brewing School & Drop In Brewing

Dan grew up in Connecticut and went to graduate school in the Midwest at the University of Illinois at the Chicago Medical Center (Ph.D. in Biochemistry). Since then, he has worked for 30 years in preclinical and clinical pharmaceutical research- immunology, cancer and neurology/psychiatry. Currently, he is “mostly” retired. He is passionate about hiking, skiing and hobbies including woodworking, residential construction and general “handyman” stuff. As a recent settler in Addison, he finds the state to be beautiful and excitingly progressive with respect to mitigating climate change. Going forward, he is keen on contributing to his community and facilitating progress.

Dan Rossignol - At Large ANWSD

Elizabeth Sayre - MAUSD

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