Lyndon Institute New Board President

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Created on Friday, 06 November 2015 21:28

Written by Victor Mwangi

LYNDONVILLE – The Lyndon Institute Board elected its new president. Richard D. Ashton stepped down as president and retired after serving for seven years, allowing Meredith Feltus to take the position.

Feltus was elected president after the Board of Trustees and corperators for Lyndon Institute held their annual meeting on October 16.

“We have something special at Lyndon Institute,''Feltus, the daughter of State Representative Marty Feltus, said. "An independent historic Vermont town academy, we have deep roots in the local community and a long tradition of serving students from around the state, around the country and around the world. I am honored to play a role in ensuring that LI remains a vibrant and relevant educational community long into the future.”

Feltus, who is currently the director of Development and External Relations for Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts, grew up in Lyndonville and graduated from Lyndon Institute in 1987. She earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and has spent majority of her career in fundraising and administration for higher education.

“She’s a wonderful and logical choice, she’s been an officer and executive of the board for many years,"Daren Houck, LI’s Headmaster, said. "She’s extremely capable, talented and very intelligent individual who truly has the school’s best interest at heart.”

The process of electing a board president requires almost 130 cooperators that are responsible for electing the officers and the board of trustees for the Lyndon institute Corporation. Out of the 27 board members there are subcommittees including the board of trustees. Part of the job for the the trustees is to nominate candidates to be hired for the following year depending on available positions.The nominated candidates then have to be approoved by the corporations before being elected into their prospective positions.

Ashton, who is still a member of the board as a trustee, has to take the rest of the year helping the new president transition and get into the swing of things.