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 an attorney who was a litigator in private and public interest practice and then served in the law departments of both NBC and 21st Century Fox until she retired in 2017. Ellen and her husband have owned a home in Manchester for over 20 years. She currently also serves on the Board of Grateful Hearts Manchester and on Board Committees at the Dorset Field Club.
Tim Carry
Treasurer
Tim recently retired from a 40+ year carreer in television marketing, program development and distribution with NBC, 21st Century Fox and Sony Pictures Entertainment. He has served as Chairman of the Parks Commission for the village of Montebello, NY and on various trade boards and industry foundations. He lives in Peru, VT with his wife, Jean and their dog Cooper.
Marilyn Brockway
Secretary
Marilyn and David lived in Washington, DC for 40+ years. Marilyn worked in the Education Department of the National Gallery of Art - giving lectures on the museum's permanent collection as well as training the museum's docent community. They moved to Dorset in 2020 and became full time Vermont residents.
George Orme
Board Member
George and his wife Kate have lived in Manchester for close to 20 years. In 2014 he founded his own consulting practice after holding senior positions with BBDO, Ogilvy & Mather, and the consulting firm, David Shepard Associates. He is a co-author of The New Direct Marketing and a graduate of Carroll University in Waukesha, WI.
Cathy Rano
Board Member
Cathy resides in East Dorset 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
Board Member
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
Board Member
Alan Stoga is Chairman and CEO of the Tällberg Foundation, domiciled in Sweden and operating globally. He spent much of his career providing geopolitical, economic, and communications consulting services to multinationals and governments around the world, including many years collaborating with Dr. Henry Kissinger. He and his wife, Gloria Gilbert Stoga, live in Dorset and NYC.
