Meet The Board of Directors

Sam Angell, a partner at the law firm of Fitts, Olson & Giddings, P.L.C. In Brattleboro, has been a board member since 1998 and is currently Vice-President. His interest in photography began at Putney School, where he took classes taught by the late Ed Shore. Sam lives with his wife, Amy, and two children in Townshend.

Bahman Mahdavi has been designing and building commercial, non-profit and community websites since 1996. He lives in Newfane, with his wife & 3 children.

Phayvanh Luekhamhan was one of In-Sight’s first students. She likes to write, teach, take photos, and dance.

Bob George has been taking photos for 30 years and lives in Brattleboro.

Lynne Weinstein is a fine arts photographer living in Putney, VT. Before moving to Vermont, she worked for many years as a photo researcher and editor at Life Magazine in New York. Her work has been published in magazines such as Parenting, Orion, Yankee and others.

Scott Browning is the co-founder and director of The Hall Farm Center for Arts & Education, a non-profit organization offering artist residencies and arts education programs for teachers and students. He is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and received a masters degree in teaching from The New School for Social Research. He has taught in public schools in Maine and New York.

John Willis received his MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design. He is the photography Professor at Marlboro College and cofounder of In-Sight. His work is in numerous public and private collections including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts and The Whitney Museum of American Art.

Scott Mathes is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with extensive experience in printmaking and photography. He worked for years as the main printer at Renaissance Press in Hinsdale NH printing limited edition prints of famous artist’s works in nineteenth and twentieth century processes. Currently he is building timber frame houses.

Donna McElligott is a marketing consultant who has lived in the Brattleboro area since 1989. Her background includes working with Marlboro College and World Learning, among other institutions in the fields of education, intercultural learning, the arts, and healthcare.

Christine Triebert is a fine art photographer who is best known for her landscape images. She exhibits her work regularly in shows around New England. Chris had a long career as a graphic designer before pursuing photography on a full-time basis.

Rod Gander worked at Newsweek magazine for 26 years. In 1981, he became president of Marlboro College and retired in 1995. He now lives in Brattleboro with his wife Isabelle.

Margaret Everitt of Dummerston is a classically trained pianist and a composer of original lyrics and scores for musical theater. She is associated with the Roundabout Theater in New York City. Meet the Board of Directors