Champlain Nonprofit Management Program Graduates Announced

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Members of the Champlain Nonprofit Management Certificate course at a meeting last fall.

• Rita Markley, Director of the Committee on Temporary Shelter talks about homeless needs to the members of the Nonprofit Management certificate course.

BURLINGTON, VT (02/09/2010)(readMedia)-- Champlain College's Workforce Development Center and Marlboro College have announced the graduates of its fall 2009 Certificate in Nonprofit Management program.

The intensive four-month series offers nonprofit leaders and staff the opportunity to gain and refine the essential skills needed to strengthen their organizations and achieve their missions. The program combines the best of face-to-face learning with ongoing online learning tools, according to Bridgette Graham of Champlain College. Topics discussed include financial management, strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, human resources, conflict resolution and boards and governance issues.

After completing 10 days of in-person learning and additional online discussion and group work the following students graduated from the Certificate in Nonprofit Management in January.

From the Burlington area:

• Katherine Stamper, Development Coordinator, Laraway Youth and Family Services

• Gayle DiMasi, Intake and Referral Specialist, Vermont 211

• Jennifer Fink , Director of Hotline and Advocacy at Women's Rape Crisis Center

• Annemarie Linnehan, Program Director, Human Capital Foundation

• Lara Scott, Director of Residential Life for Education and Development, Champlain College

• Anthony Vargo, VP/CFO, National Gardening Association

• Douglas Bishop

• Lise Ewald, Government Documents Reference Specialist, Norwich University

• Karin Johnson, AmeriCorps Literacy Outreach Coordinator , Fletcher Free Library

• Lawrence Keyes, Principal, Microdesign Consulting Inc.

• Sarah Elizabeth Hoffert, Board Member, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains

• Nicole Poquette, Administrative Assistant , VT Software Developer's Alliance

• Tracy Delude, Director of Administration, Associated General Contractors of Vermont

• Deborah Foster, Development/Marketing/Coordinator, Addison County Home Health and Hospice Inc.

• Brett Chornyak, Executive Director, Milton Family Center

• Alida Duncan, Development Associate, VT Campaign to End Childhood Hunger

• Jennifer Lian, Construction Project Manager

From the Manchester area:

• Paula Albertsson, Executive Director, Northshire Performing Arts

• Stephen Dybas, Director, In-Sight Photography Project

• P. J. Pollard, Director, Rutland Windsor Supervisory Union

• Connie Ferguson

• Kathrin Lawlor, Coordinator, Hartford Prevention Coalition

• Susan Fox, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels

• Maryann Morris, The Collaborative

• Christine Anderson, The Collaborative

• Beverly Carroll, Admin Secretary, 1st Congregational Church

• Steven Berry, Global Meetinghouse

• Peter MacFarlane

• Gloria Palmer, Executive Director, Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning

• Sue May, VHEC Coordinator, Vermont Higher Education Council

• Kate Fox, Director Communications and Development, Casting For Recovery

• Phelippa Marriner

The spring 2010 session will begin March 12 in Burlington, and March 19 in Springfield. The website is www.go.champlain.edu/nonprofit . Class size is limited to 24 participants at each location. The workshops run from 9 am to 4 pm on 10 days, ending in mid-June. The program was originally designed by Woodbury College and Marlboro College.

For more information, contact Bridgette Graham, toll-free (866) 531-9666, or in VT (802) 383-6630 graham@champlain.edu, or The Graduate Center in Brattleboro, (802) 258-9200, nonprofit@marlboro.edu. Register online at www.nonprofit.marlboro.edu or www.go.champlain.edu/nonprofit

ABOUT CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE

Since 1878, Champlain College has provided career-focused education to students from its hilltop campus in Burlington, VT. In 1993, the College pioneered online education by offering its first online courses and has quickly grown to offer hundreds of online courses as well as more than 25 degree and certificate programs. Champlain's distinctive educational approach embodies the notion that true learning only occurs when information and experience come together to create knowledge. Champlain was named a "Top-Up-and-Coming School" by U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2010 and ranked third nationwide among colleges and universities offering online programs. To learn more about Champlain College, www.champlain.edu.

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