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President: Bruce Shields
Bruce Shields, a longtime member of the Institute’s Advisory Council, was elected President and CEO by the Board, effective January 2012.
Bruce has a long record of leadership service to a wide range of Vermont organizations. Among them are 15 years as Eden town moderator, 15 years as lister, and 3 years on the Lamoille North Supervisory District School Board.
Bruce, a family tree farmer, has been active in farm and forestry work for many years. He has served as state treasurer of the Vermont Farm Bureau since 1994 and as vice president and president of the Lamoille County Farm Bureau for 13 years. He has been active for many years in leadership positions in the Vermont Timber Truckers and Producers Association, the Vermont Sugar Makers Association, the Vermont Forestry Foundation, and the Vermont Forest Products Association.
Bruce’s small business experience includes managing the Morrisville Agway store for five years and a partnership in the Demeritt Lumber Company of North Wolcott.
Bruce was graduated with an A.B. from Harvard, earned a diploma in literature at Edinburgh University in Scotland, and received M.A. and PhD degrees from Rutgers. He has taught at Russell Sage College, Norwich University and Johnson State College. He and his wife Carolyn live in Eden.
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 Vice President: John McClaughry
John McClaughry became EAI Vice President in August 2009, after serving as its founding President since 1993. On Decemer 31, 2010 he retired as acting CEO, but continues to serve the Institute as a widely published commentator on Vermont issues and editor of the Ethan Allen Letter.
John 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 44 years.
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Directors:
· Catherine Clark, attorney, Burlington
· John Cueman, VP, Bromley Mountain Ski Area, Dorset
· Connie Houston, Lang McLaughry Spera Real Estate, Ferrisburg
· Frank Mazur, former chair, House Transportation Committee, South Burlington
· Anne McClaughry, EAI Secretary Treasurer, Kirby
· Jack McMullen, partner, Cambridge Meridian Group, Burlington
· Rob Roper, Common Sense Radio, Stowe
· William R. Sayre, Duncan Hermanson Co., Bristol
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