Sarah L. Field is the current President of Barre Area Development, Inc., and has served on the board for many years.  She is a lawyer admitted to practice in Vermont in 1987 with an office in Barre, VT.  Her area of concentration involves transactional law including: real estate and business acquisitions, sales, secured financing, leasing and development.

Email Sarah: sfield@fieldandfieldpc.com

Al was born and raised in Rutland, Vermont and is a 1980 graduate of Bentley College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

Following graduation he worked at First Vermont Bank & Trust Co. and Proctor Bank as Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer. Since 1992, he has been at Northfield Savings Bank as Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer, Commercial Services Team Leader and currently as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer.  He is also a member of the bank’s Executive Management Group.

He has been active in a range of civic organizations such as the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce and the Barre Tournament Committee. He is a past president of the Barre Partnership.

Al has been with the Barre Area Development Corporation since 1985, is a BADC past President, and presently serves as its Treasurer. He is also a member of its Executive Committee

Email Al: al.flory@nsbvt.com

Bob was born in Natick, Ma. and his family moved to the Barre area when he was two years old. He graduated from Spaulding High School in 1977 and attended Paul Smiths College, located in the hamlet of Paul Smiths, N.Y., northwest of Saranac Lake, N.Y. He graduated from Paul Smiths with a degree in Applied Sciences.

He is president of Lajeunesse Interiors, Inc., a business founded in 1980 by his wife Ann. Lajeunesse Interiors, Inc. became incorporated in 1984

Bob is a past president of Barre Area Development, Inc. and, in addition to currently being a director, is a member of its executive committee. In addition, he is a director and three time past president of Barre Kiwanis and former director and past treasurer of Barre Jaycees.

His interest include skiing, flyfishing, varied water activities, and spending time with his wife Ann at their summer camp located on Lake Carmi.  The Hutchins currently reside in East Barre and have three grown children, Isaac, Jason, and Stephanie

Email Robert: rhutchins@lajinteriors.com

Kristen is a Barre native who received her B.S. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Hartford. After college Kristen lived throughout New England and abroad before coming back to Barre in 2006. Kristen has both Primary and Elementary Montessori training. She has worked for the Montessori School of Central Vermont for over ten years, first as a teacher and now as the Head of School. She lives in Barre with her husband, two sons and their dog.

Email Kristen: kvalsangiacomo@gmail.com

Tony Campos manages cable access Central Vermont Television located in Barre and is a producer and director of video productions. He is known for creating the show, New England Cooks and he is co-host and producer. He is resident of Barre and is huge supporter of all things Barre.  Tony’s motto is, “give me somthing to do and I will get it done.” His Bio for New England Cooks reads:

Tony is fun, wacky, and family-oriented and brings his winning team a much-needed balance of love of food, love of travel, and love of family to their excursions around New England. Whether scuba diving off the coast of Maine, racing down an alpine slide in Vermont, or just walking the beach en route to a New England lobster bake, Tony will introduce you to a New England that is burnished in autumn, fun in the sun, and delicious all the year through. Most importantly, Tony’s infectious enthusiasm for the places he loves and discovers imbues viewers with a joie de vivre for this part of the world.

Email Tony: tony@newenglandcooks.com

Commercial Loan Officer Dave Rubel joined Community National Bank in 2014 after several years of working as an Area Business Advisor for Vermont Small Business Development Center. Dave is a graduate of the ABA Commercial Lending School, the Northern New England School of Banking and the RMA Lending School. He is also a graduate of American University, Washington, DC. Dave is a past President of the Montpelier Rotary Club, has chaired the Barre Partnership Economic Development Committee, served as a Director for the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce and has chaired Central Vermont Road Pitch. In 2010, Dave was recognized as a Rising Star by Vermont Business Magazine. The following year he attended the Vermont Leadership Institute (VLI). He has also been a coach and board member of Barre Youth Lacrosse. Currently, Dave sits on the advisory board for the Vermont Small Business Development Center. Dave was born and raised in Barre where he currently resides with his wife Minori and their children Lia and Noah.

Email Dave:  drubel@communitynationalbank.com

Karl was born in Barre, VT and is a graduate of Spaulding High School. Following high school, he attended Vermont Technical College studying mechanical engineering.

He is a past president of the Barre Rotary Club, the past president of The Barre Bi-Centennial Commission and a past president of Barre Area Development. Other previous affiliations include serving as a board member for the Barre Heritage Festival, the New Hampshire/Vermont Gasoline Dealers Association, the Barre Universalist Church, ECA, Inc. and The Granite Hills Credit Union.

Karl has recently retired after almost a fifty year career owning a Mobil convenience store and a communications company in Central Vermont.

His interests, in addition to enjoying life with family, include boating, skiing, snowmobiling, photography, hunting and community service.

Karl and his wife, Charlene, reside in East Barre. And can be reached at 802.479.0124 or lazykarl@aol.com.

Email Karl: lazykarl@aol.com