Board of Directors and Advisors

The VCET organization benefits greatly from an engaged and skilled Board of Directors and Advisers to guide the growth, public benefit impact and ongoing success of the organization. The current Board of Directors includes:

Briar Alpert

President and CEO of BioTek Instruments, Inc. and VCET Vice Chair

Gavin R. Berger

Entrepreneur and Entertainment Executive

Frank Cioffi

President of GBIC & Cynosure, Chair of Vermont Technology Council and VCET Chair

Robert G. Clarke

Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges (retired) and corporate board director

John N. Evans, Ph.D.

Senior Adviser to the President on UVM Technology Commercialization and UVM Ventures

Fred Hackett

Chairman of HVM Corporation, VCET Director Emeritus

Michael Marx

Vice President and Manager for IBM facilities in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions

Brad Robertson

President and Publisher of the Burlington Free Press

Elizabeth Robinson

Director for Creativity and Innovation in the Liberal Arts at Middlebury College

Dr. Richard Schneider

President of Norwich University

Lisa Ventriss

President of the Vermont Business Roundtable

VCET BOARD ADVISERS

Chris Allen, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor at the University of Vermont

Todd Keiller, Director of UVM Office of Technology Commercialization and UVM Ventures