Speakers

Join Barre Rotary as we welcome State Archivist & Chief Records Officer Tanya Marshall, who will explain the critical and unique role that she plays in our State. 

Aside from being our State's Archivist and Chief Records Officer, Tanya also directs the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, a division within the Vermont Office of the Secretary of State responsible for administering the Statewide Records and Information Management Program, which includes records appraisal and scheduling for local and state government, managing a record center and archival repositories for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of Vermont state government, and serving as legislative clerk to the Vermont General Assembly. She is the former chair of the Vermont Municipal Land Records Commission and is a member of the Vermont Supreme Court’s Rules Committee on Public Access to Court Records. In 2021, she was appointed by the Secretary of the United States Senate to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Records of Congress. 

Join us for project updates, ideas, and committee reports today!  For members of the public, please join us for a great opportunity to see how Rotarians are people of action!  

Elaine will share information about the Working Communities Challenge project and where we are now in working with head of household women living in poverty in the Greater Barre area, obtain, maintain and/or advance in their employment. 

Their vission/mission is;

Increasing economic mobility and overall well-being for Greater Barre Area head-of-household women experiencing financial instability, through aligned coordination of employment support

Elaine (Eli) Toohey was born in and spent her formative years in Barre. Her career has been rooted in community development, advocacy and dedication to meaningful, mission-driven work. Much of her personal and professional experience revolves around celebrating our shared humanity by bringing people together to form connections that strengthen and inspire addressing our challenges. Specifically, as Executive Director of Another Way, a community Center, in Montpelier, Eli developed a large network supporting many who have experiences of homelessness, substance misuse disorder, psychiatric distress, poverty and other aspects of trauma causes and contributors. While at Another Way, Eli was Project Director for a large-scale renovation of the facilities to better accommodate the needs of the community that had “fallen through the cracks”.

 

Her work has also included financial literacy and economic stability as a path to overall well-being, for individuals, families and communities at Capstone Community Action. Building whole communities, where everyone can thrive and have their needs met, is the vision that drives her. 

 

Eli has lived experience akin to many she now advocates for, having experienced homelessness, recovery from substance misuse disorder, complex PTSD and psychiatric distresses. 

 

Eli lives in Montpelier with her family. 

Join us for project updates, ideas, and committee reports today!  For members of the public, please join us for a great opportunity to see how Rotarians are people of action!  

Barre Rotary is honored to welcome Professor Travis Morris, Director of Norwich University's Peace & War Center, to our meeting today.  Professor Morris will provide us with context to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict (from multiple perspectives), an overview of the Peace Process, challenges to the process, and some future thoughts.  Thanks to honorary Barre Rotary member Doug Bullett and member Nicole DiDomenico for their efforts in arranging for this presentation.  

Join us for project updates, ideas, and committee reports today!  For members of the public, please join us for a great opportunity to see how Rotarians are people of action!  

Join us for project updates, ideas, and committee reports today!  For members of the public, please join us for a great opportunity to see how Rotarians are people of action!  

Join us for project updates, ideas, and committee reports today!  For members of the public, please join us for a great opportunity to see how Rotarians are people of action!  

Join us for project updates, ideas, and committee reports today!  For members of the public, please join us for a great opportunity to see how Rotarians are people of action!