Experience

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  Aymara

  • Montpelier, Vermont

  • Owner

    • 1997 - Present
    • Montpelier, Vermont

    AYMARA market Alpaca products from a agricultural cooperative in Camacani, Peru since 1996. I sell locally and on the Internet, also do marketing and finance for a sawmill in central Vermont, a used car dealer and a monument business. Also have been asked to help in another venture. My daug...

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  SCORE Counselors to America's Small Busines...

  • Montpelier Vermont

    • 2005 - Sep 2011

    Chairman of the Montpelier Chapter for two years, covered half the State of Vermont from the Canadian border to White RiverJct. helping small business with their business questions. Loved the group we had a lot of talented people in our area with tons of experience as mentors helping the small bu...

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  Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation

  • Exec. Vice President

    • 1982 - 1997

    Small Business Development – Extensive experience in organizing group promotional efforts, legislative lobbying, fund-raising, group programs, developing promotional material and sales material, knowledgeable in governmental and private financial incentives for the development and growth of new a...

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  Vermont Bankers Association

  • Montpelier

  • Exec. Vice President

    • 1969 - 1976
    • Montpelier

    We did amazing things with our association, changed all the banking laws in the state and had an outstanding outreach program with all the banks and had all the top bankers on our team. It was a outstanding experience for me to work with such top notch bankers.

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  Greater Vermont Association

  • Montpelier

  • Exec. Vice President

    • 1962 - 1969
    • Montpelier

    Unbelievable what we accomplished across the state of Vermont. We had an outstanding promotional program and created the first Welcome Center on the Interstate highway system in the United States. Built to accommodate 50,000 visitors a year and turned out to be closer to 500,000. Loved that proje...

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  National Life Insurance Company

  • Montpelier, Vermont

  • Special Management program and entered Marketing Departmen t

    • 1960 - 1962
    • Montpelier, Vermont

    Hired for a special management program, there were six of us and we all learned every part of the business, From the boiler room to the Board room. We went into every department and than went to the agencies and others where we audited the books. After training, I was put in the marketing depart...