Our Advisors

CDA Board of Advisors

Arthur Burrows
Arthur Burrows IV, CEO and Publisher of Pro Lingua, an educational publishing house in ESL, and foreign language teaching material 12 years chair of Guilford Planning Commission 6 years vice president of Brattleboro Museum and Art Center Board of Directors 3 years Vermont Public Radio Citizens Advisory Board, and sometime poet and playwright

Anne Doran

Anne Doran has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from the University of MA, Amherst. and a Masters in Education concentrating in School Counseling from U of MA. She has taken numerous post graduate courses with a focus on counseling strategies and wellness.. She has twelve years experience as a Guidance Coordinator for Southeastern VT Career Center.

Andrea Livermore
Andrea Livermore is the Executive Director of Brattleboro’s Downtown Association, Building a Better Brattleboro (BaBB). She previously served as the Executive Director of United Way of Windham County, located in the southeast corner of Vermont. She has worked in the human service field for over 20 years. Prior to joining the United Way, she served as executive Director of Youth Services, Inc. a private non-profit organization, serving youth and families in Windham County, for over nine years. Andrea received her Masters in Business Administration from Western New England College. She serves in a statewide advisory capacity to the Vermont Community Foundation, and serves as director on the Board of the Brattleboro Boys and Girls Club. She serves on the Fund Distribution Committee of the Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund.

Gilbert Ruff

Gilbert Ruff is on the Brattleboro Union High Board of Directors. He is also on the Curriculum Committee and on the advisory Board of the John Dewey High School.