Staff and Directors of the Institute

President: John McClaughry 

John McClaughry has been President of the Institute since its founding in 1993. He was Legislative Aide to Vermont Senator Winston Prouty, 1965-67; a Fellow of the Institute of Politics, JFK School, Harvard University, 1967-68; a member of the Vermont House, 1969-72; Senior Policy Advisor in President Reagan's White House Office of Policy Development, 1981-82; member of the Vermont Senate 1989-92; and Republican candidate for Governor of Vermont, 1992. He has served on four Presidential Commissions by appointment of Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Reagan, and has been Kirby Town Moderator for the past 42 years. 

Directors:

• Joe Blanchette, health insurance program manager, Charlotte 
   
• Catherine Clark, attorney, Burlington 
   
• John Cueman, VP, Bromley Mountain Ski Area, Dorset
   
• James F. Gatti, Professor of Business Administration, UVM, Waterbury 
   
• Anne McClaughry, EAI Secretary Treasurer, Kirby 
   
• John McClaughry, EAI President, Kirby 
   
• Jack McMullen, partner, Cambridge Meridian Group, Burlington 
   
• John M. Mitchell, CEO (ret.), Pluess-Staufer Inc., Rutland 
   
• Chris Robbins, CEO (ret.), EHV Weidmann Industries, Bolton 
   
• William R. Sayre, Duncan Hermanson Co., Bristol 
   
• Dr. Arthur Woolf, Associate Professor of Economics, UVM, Westford