Board of Directors and Staff
Revitalizing Waterbury (RW) is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, with alumni numbering over 30. The RW Board meets on a monthly basis to review, guide, and support RW’s operations.
BOARD of Directors
CAROLYN FOX, Director
A graduate of UVM, Carolyn settled in Waterbury in 1974. Except for her time in Boston arning a graduate degree in Information Science she has remained a Waterbury resident and community supporter ever since. Carolyn joined the RW Board in 2021, bringing her experience as a member of the RW Design Committee, a Waterbury Ambassador, and a Library Commissioner along with her years as an all-things-Waterbury enthusiast.
Carolyn retired from her twenty-five years as Director of Marketing & Public Relations at Country Walkers, a Vermont-based, premier adventure travel company, then launched Full Moon Collection which imports lacquerware from Myanmar. Prior to her business and marketing career, Carolyn applied her graduate degree in Information Science as a librarian at UVM’s medical library.
Along with her proficiency in multi-channel marketing, branding, research and writing, Carolyn brings to the Board her roll-up-your-sleeves attitude, effective listening skills, and a sense of community. She believes Waterbury is a dynamic and welcoming community, with its strength and vision formed by its long-time residents, families, mufti-generational townspeople, young professionals, business members and visitors alike. Carolyn lives in town with her husband and when not working enjoys walking Waterbury’s roads and trails, along with visiting with friends and family.
JULIE FRAILEY, President
Julie has a Masters in Early Childhood Education from James Madison University. She put much of this education to work in the ski industry as a children’s ski training specialist and program manager. Julie moved to Vermont in 1983 to work at Bolton Valley Resort as the Children’s Program Manager. She then spent several years as the Human Resource and Public Relations Manager at Bolton. Upon leaving Bolton, Julie worked at Stowe Mountain Resort where she was the Director of Human Resources for 25 years.
Julie has two fabulous daughters in their mid-thirties that she is very proud of! Her older daughter, a graduate of Harwood High School and Cornell University now lives overseas and is employed as a Project Manager in a green building/architecture firm. Her younger daughter, a Harwood High School and Simmons College graduate, is a Registered Dietician and Physician Assistant in the mid-west.
As a resident of Waterbury Center for 26 years and now living in Waterbury for the past 3 years, Julie is passionate about supporting Waterbury as a premier Vermont town that thrives recreationally and economically for the community and visitors. Julie has been a member of the RW Design Committee for the almost 10 years. She is a master gardener and has been involved with leading the planting project and the team of volunteers for the barrels and stone planters in the town for the summer/fall months. She also volunteers for several other organizations including 30 years as a Flynn Spirit at the Flynn Theatre. She is currently doing some part time HR consulting work, gardening, traveling, skiing, managing her Airbnb, paddle boarding and sailing on Lake Champlain.
MATT LARSON, Vice President
Matt lives in Waterbury Center with his wife, Ann, who teaches kindergarten in the Mad River valley and their two children, Ben and Hannah, who are students at Harwood High School and Crossett Brook Middle School, respectively. Since moving to central Vermont a little more than two decades ago, Matt has worked in various aspects of nonprofit management, including finance, membership, and development, for the Green Mountain Club and Catamount Trail Association. In pursuit of new challenges and experiences, Matt is now a full-time artist, maintaining a small studio and gallery space in Burlington's South End when not working at home. In his spare time, Matt likes to hike and ski with his family.
DAVE LUCE, Treasurer
David has lived and worked in the Waterbury area his entire life. Various members of the Luce family have had businesses in Waterbury village from the early 1890's until as recently as 2017. Dave himself has been an owner/partner of a restaurant located in downtown Waterbury. During his time at Keurig Green Mountain, Dave had the opportunity to participate in many community involvement projects with local non-profits, and developed an affinity for giving back, working on eight Habitat for Humanity homes central Vermont. After 25 years at Keurig Green Mountain he left to spend more time with his kids, family, and focus on doing all those things that just never quite got done. Since then he has been using his analytical approach to business and project management to help local non-profits complete a variety of initiatives.
Dave is an avid alpine skier, loves to cook, and enjoys exploring the edges of the Waterbury reservoir canoeing with his wife Susan, and for some crazy reason enjoys making spreadsheets for everything.
COLIN POMER, Director
Colin is a Vermont transplant who moved to Waterbury 12 years ago and immediately fell in love with the area as a place to live, raise a family, work, and play. He also has a healthy level of discomfort with writeups about himself! All jokes aside (don’t worry, dad jokes are never put aside!), Colin got bit by the entrepreneurial bug 4 years ago when he purchased the CrossFit gym in Waterbury and then decided to open his own financial planning practice only a year later. Using his background as a CPA and financial planner, Colin loves to use money as a tool to help people achieve what matters most to them.
When he’s not helping others build a future that doesn’t include being broke or broken at 80, Colin can be found spending time with his family, CrossFitting (yes, that’s now a verb), cross country skiing, golfing, playing tennis, or playing a good board game.
Outside of RW, Colin also volunteers as the Treasurer for the Waterbury Area Food Shelf and Good Neighbor Fund and the President of the Finance Council for Saint Andrew’s Church.
LINDSAY SULLIVAN, Director
Lindsay is a native Vermonter who returned to the Green Mountains from Boston in 2017. Her degree in Architectural Design has led her down many different creative paths, some professional and some hobbyist. She is passionate about Small Business and Strong Community. Most recently she served as the President of The Children’s Early Learning Space Board of Directors for 4+ years. She also works as a Self-Employed Designer and Brand Consultant for Small Businesses, and is a hobbyist potter.
Lindsay lives in Waterbury Center with her husband, Trevor, and son, Oliver. In her free time she enjoys cooking, gardening, paddle boarding on the Reservoir, and taste testing all of the local menus! She is an active volunteer at Camp TaKumTa in South Hero, and loves to volunteer at Brookside Elementary where her son is a student. She is excited to join the RW Board and continue her work in bettering our beautiful community!
OTHO THOMPSON, Secretary
Otho moved to Waterbury in the early 70s, with his then wife, Kathy O’Dell. They bought a home on Blush Hill and Otho started teaching grade 6 at Waterbury Elementary School. He became assistant principal and served in that role for a number of years. He and Kathy had three sons, all of whom attended Waterbury Elementary and Harwood.
Continuing his career in education, Otho became, in turn, the principal of Morristown Elementary School, launched the middle school program at Peoples Academy Middle Level as principal, then went on to become principal of Peoples Academy, retiring in 2007. He was named Vermont Elementary Principal of the Year in 1993. Along the way, Otho chaired the committee that developed the agreement between the Duxbury and Waterbury School Districts leading to the formation of the Waterbury Duxbury Union School District, Thatcher Brook Primary School, and Crossett Brook Middle School.
Since retirement Otho has worked as a consultant with school leaders—principals and superintendents—and enjoys being grandfather to five grandchildren. He loves to travel, but coming home to the beauty and civility of Vermont is the perfect ending to every trip.
He now lives in Waterbury Village, and is happy to support the growth and maintenance of our vibrant community and neighborly life for the residents, business owners, and visitors to our town.
SCOTT WEIGAND, Director
Scott is a native of Pittsburgh, PA, and made his way to Vermont in 2007. He has been the owner of Brave Coffee & Tea since 2014, and has been the Theatre program Director at Harwood Union HS since 2009. He has spent most of his adult life in roles either in the world of theatre, or coffee, working in coffee shops, and theatres from Orlando to Pittsburgh and New York City. He has spent time as a Coffee trainer, Roaster, Salesman, as well as in the theatre as a Director, Actor, and Producer. Scott is a former Board member for Stowe Theatre Guild, and a member and former President of Crossroads BNI in Berlin.
Scott lives in Waterbury Center, with his musical family, his wife Stefanie, and daughters Lily and Arya, and a mélange of animals! When not in a dark theatre or Roastery, Scott can be found camping, watching his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers, working in the garden, or playing the ukulele.
STAFF
Karen Nevin
Executive Director
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802-793-6029 Ext. 1
Owen Sette-Ducati
Economic Development Director
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802-793-6029 Ext. 3
Denis Palic
Communications and Marketing Manager
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802-793-6029 Ext. 2