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List of 5 members.

Mrs. Beth Crutcher

Director of Advancement

(802) 869-6610

Eastern Michigan University - BS
University of Pennsylvania - MS

Bio
Beth joined Vermont Academy after working for five years as the Director of Advancement at the American School in London, England (ASL). She credits the school with helping her develop greater cultural competency skills. Prior to ASL, Beth spent eighteen years in the United States working in leadership positions with Princeton University, Princeton HealthCare System, and Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart. Past positions also include running a community arts agency and fundraising for the Henry Ford Estate at the University of Michigan.

From overseeing the development of new nonprofits to raising record breaking gifts that helped fund a new hospital, Beth credits continued education as the key to a productive career. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Organizational Dynamics from University of Pennsylvania as a mid-career professional and new mother, writing her thesis on the use of positive organizational psychology in fundraising.

Beth lives on campus with her husband John, a retired book publisher, and two dogs. Their daughter Kira is a freshman at Marist College in New York.
Ms. Liz Olmsted

Associate Director of Advancement Operations and Stewardship

(802) 869-6260

Wheaton College - BA
Ms. Tonia Fleming

Director of Annual Giving

(802) 869-6298

Wellesley College - BA
University of Chicago - MBA
Ms. Nicole Losavio

Director of Alumni Engagement

(802) 869-6261

The College of William and Mary - M.Ed
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - BA / BS
Mr. David Petrie

Director of Marketing and Communications

(802) 869-6612

Framingham State University - BA
University of Iowa - MA

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The Campaign for Vermont Academy's Future

Priority #2: New Heights in Program Leadership

We're building on our success recruiting winter athletes.

Vermont Academy always has been known as the small school that produces nationally-and internationally-known winter athletes. This success is due in part to the recruitment efforts of our coaches. We’re now building on that success.

Our enrollment and educational approach will take on a similar structure to athletics, with program leaders recruiting and retaining students who have unrealized potential and who will thrive with our program design and community.

Our strategic plan has us developing pillars of educational success:

Individualized learning
Innovation and invention through STEM
A strengthened community life on a restored and enhanced campus
A cultivation of our students’ knowledge, love of and appreciation for the land.

In the next two years we’ll build educational teams based on these pillars. This groundbreaking educational and enrollment work has already begun with our Center for Learning.

This campaign will support the program leadership and development needed to expand this model across campus.