Board of Directors
CVEDC OFFICERS 2025
Ed Larson | Chair
Larson Forestry Consulting
Jody Emerson | Vice Chair
Central Vermont Career Center
Reuben Stone | Treasurer
Stone & Browning Property Management
CVEDC DIRECTORS 2025
Rob Boulanger | Rock of Ages, Brian Doyle I Norwich University, Jay Ericson I University of Vermont Health, Maureen Hebert | University of Vermont, Peter Hood | Town of Middlesex, Lorraine Keener | Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, Jeannette Kingsbury | Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Ex-Officio, Jim Kurrle | Bourne’s Energy, Gunner McCain | McCain Consulting, Christian Meyer | Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission, Ex-Officio, Mark Nicholson | Nicom Coatings Corp., Bob Pope | Swenson Granite, Peter Ricker | Acrisure, Annemarie Todd | Sugarbush, Jim Tringe | Agri-Mark, Inc./Cabot Creamery Coop.
Staff
Richard Amore, AICP/PLA
Executive Director, Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation
Richard Amore is a community and economic development leader, professional landscape architect, certified planner, and educator with more than 20 years of experience advancing place-based strategies that strengthen local economies and communities. He serves as Executive Director of the Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation (CVEDC), working with businesses, municipalities, community organizations, and regional partners to expand economic opportunity and regional prosperity across Central Vermont.
His experience spans economic and community development, downtown and village revitalization, housing and infrastructure, land use planning, real estate development, placemaking, and active transportation. He has held leadership roles with the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, USDA Rural Development, and Local Motion, where he built partnerships, secured public and private funding, and helped communities move projects from vision to implementation.
Richard brings a distinctly place-based perspective to economic development, grounded in the belief that strong economies depend on strong communities, vibrant places, local leadership, and the ability of communities to shape their own future. He holds master’s degrees in Community Planning and Landscape Architecture and teaches urban and rural planning at the University of Vermont. Richard lives in Montpelier with his family and is deeply connected to the Central Vermont community.