Board of Commissioners


VHFA is governed by a nine-member Board of Commissioners.

The Board, pictured here with the Board Secretary, includes four Ex Officio members and five members appointed by the Governor of Vermont, representing private and public lending, real estate, and housing development interests.

vhfa board of commissioners

TOP ROW: Lamont Barnett (Owner of The Rock and Hammer); Gustave Seelig, Ex Officio, Vice Chairman (Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board); Sarah Carpenter, Executive Director & Secretary; Bart Frisbie (President/Owner, Sterling Construction); Thomas N. Pelletier, Chairperson (President and Chief Executive Officer, Northfield Savings Bank); and Thomas J. Candon, Ex Officio, (Deputy Commissioner of Banking, designee for the Comissioner of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration).

BOTTOM ROW: Jennifer Hollar, Ex Officio (Deputy Commissioner, Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development, designee for the Secretary of Agency of Commerce and Community Development); Beth Pearce, Ex Officio (State Treasurer); and Dagyne Canney (Principal Broker, Vermont Real Estate Sales Co.)

NOT PICTURED: Lisa Mitiguy Randall (Vice President of Lending, Vermont Federal Credit Union).