New Members Join Board of Trustees

Active community member George Carleton Burrill is also a board member of the Nature Conservancy and head of his own foundation. He is a cofounder of Associates in Rural Development, a global provider of consulting and engineering services toward responsible development and resource use. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Drew University, his M.A. in Government from the University of Arizona, and his Ph.D. in Policy Studies from Union Graduate School.

Thomas V.S. Cullins’s expertise is well known to the Champlain community through several campus buildings built by his firm, Truex Cullins & Partners Architects, from which he recently retired. He received his B.A. from Syracuse University and attended Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He is also an avid photographer and volunteers his time to such organizations as Burlington City Arts.

Executive coach Emily Morrow brings to Champlain College experience as a board member with such organizations as Fletcher Allen Health Care and the United Way of Chittenden County. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Sarah Gentry Tischler is a partner in the law firm Langrock Sperry and Wool, LLP, who is active in the Vermont and Chittenden County bar associations and a range of community organizations. The St. George town moderator, she chairs the facilities fundraising committee for Champlain Valley Union High School and volunteers with Circus Smirkus and Lyric Theatre. She received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her J.D. from the Boston University School of Law.

—Staff report