Staff & Board of Directors
Our Staff
Gloria Palmer
Executive Director
Gloria is GMALL’s executive director, a watercolor artist, a certified pickleball instructor and active in the community. A Brooklyn native, she has lived in Vermont since 1974.
Liz Berard
Assistant to the Executive Director
Liz’s career background includes work as a travel agent and market research assistant. She has worked for GMALL since 2014 and lives in Dorset. She is a member of a local bell choir and an area book group.
Board of Directors
Ellen Agress
President
Ellen is a retired media attorney who has a home with her husband in Manchester. She likes to exercise, read, cook, and socialize. She is active with her alma mater, the University of Michigan, and locally with Grateful Hearts and the Dorset Field Club, where she serves on the Board.
Susan Borden
Vice President
Susan is a retired high-tech and pharma venture portfolio manager. She lives in Bennington, has served on the Boards of Common Cause, Bennington College, the Neurosciences Research Institute, and the Manchester Music Festival, and is currently Deputy Chairman of the Modern Money Lab.
Tim Carry
Treasurer
Coming soon!
Marilyn Brockway
Secretary
Coming soon!
Claudia Burns
Coming soon!
Michael Jeffery
Coming soon!
John Kress
John is Distinguished Scientist and Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, where he served as Under Secretary for Science at the Institution. He is a tropical ecologist and has conducted research around the world. Now as a full time resident of Dorset, John believes that working at the local level can have a profound impact on global biodiversity protection. He has published many scientific and popular papers as well as a dozen books.
Cathy Rano
Cathy resides in Manchester with her husband and two dogs. Previously she lived in NYC and was an executive in the Fashion Industry both retail and wholesale.
Judie Robbins
Judie had her own TV location company in New York City for 18 years. She is now retired, living in Manchester and enjoying her nine grandchildren.
Alan Stoga
Coming soon!
