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

Left to right: Thomas J. Candon, Ex Officio, Deputy Commissioner of Banking (Designee for the Commissioner of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration); Dagyne Canney, Principal Broker, Vermont Real Estate Sales Co.; Bart Frisbie, President/Owner, Sterling Construction; Gustave Seelig, Ex Officio, Vice Chairman (Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board);

Beth Pearce, Ex Officio, Deputy State Treasurer (Designee for the State Treasurer); Sarah Carpenter, Executive Director & Secretary; Robert Alberts, President, Eastview at Middlebury Inc.; Lisa Mitiguy Randall, Vice President of Lending, Vermont Federal Credit Union; Thomas N. Pelletier, Chairperson (President and Chief Executive Officer, Northfield Savings Bank); and Kevin Dorn, Ex Officio, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development.