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Board of Trustees
Cutler Library trustees are the governing body of the library. They are responsible for library policies, the budget and building maintenance. The fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30.
The trustees meet approximately ten times per year and welcome new members and input from the community. If you or anyone you know wants a say in how your local library is run, consider joining the next meeting.
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|  Sandra J. Wells
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Sandra J. Wells, chair of the Cutler Memorial Library Board of Trustees, has been a resident of Plainfield for 35 years. She has been a teacher at Twinfield Union School since 1975. She has taught in many capacities: classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, literacy teacher grades 3-6, Middle School Teacher Leader, and drama teacher. Sandra believes that a public library greatly enhances a community and makes it a more attractive place to live. Literacy and having equal access to information are esssential elements to the survival of a democracy.
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Jan Danziger
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Jan Danziger has been a library trustee and the treasurer since 1993. During this time she has supported the library in many capacities from painting the interior and moving every book from the shelves to presenting evening and weekend art workshops. She is the secondary art teacher at Twinfield Union School and has lived in Plainfield since 1966. Whether coordinating Twinfield's Holiday Craft Bazaar through the Arts and Enrichment Committee, serving as a Destination ImagiNation Regional Director, or participating in school and community theater, she has combined her interest in creative expression and love for books through service to the Plainfield community.
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Beverly Thomas
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Beverly Thomas has been a trustee of the library since January of 2009. Since then she has taken responsibility for matters regarding the library building. Bev worked as an early education specialist, coordinating the essential early education programs for both Williston and Shelburne prior to retirement. In her retirement, she coordinated the Williston Early Childhood Connection program until moving to Plainfield in January of 2007. For more than a year now, Bev has been making monthly visits to local childcare homes, reading, storytelling and sharing picture books from the library with the young children. Bev is also treasurer of the Plainfield Historical Soceity. |
Steven Pappas
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Steven Pappas has been on the board of trustees since April, 2011. He grew up in Plainfield and then left the state to study and pursue his career in journalism. In 2006, he returned to Vermont, living in the house he grew up in. He is the editor of The Times Argus, the daily newspaper serving the central Vermont region. In these challenging times for publishing and increased Internet use, Steve is an advocate for ensuring the library serves as a cultural repository for the town's heritage and history, as well as steward for Plainfield's institutional memory.
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Monica Light
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Monica Light has been a resident of Plainfield since 2003, and is active in many volunteer positions in the community. She has served on the Twinfield School Board since 2010, has been active on the Plainfield Fire and Rescue department since 2001 (EMT-B and certified firefighter), and was the treasurer of the Plainfield Historical Society from 2005-2008. A voracious reader, Monica is a strong supporter of public libraries and believes that the Cutler Memorial Library is an excellent resource for the town of Plainfield, as it actively promotes cultural and educational enrichment for the benefit of all our citizens.
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Erika Hogan
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Erika Hogan holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the Humanities, and is one of the 100 Thousand Poets for Change. She has a background in higher education and nonprofit management, and she believes libraries hold a special role in the intellectual, social, and cultural life of the community.
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Bob Rosenfeld
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Bob Rosenfeld has been a resident of Plainfield for 25 years. He is a retired professor of mathematics, most recently at UVM, as director of school-based research for the Vermont Mathematics Initiative, a professional development program for K-8 teachers. He has written a bunch of math textbooks. Bob has been a Renaissance Instructor at Twinfield and an actor in Barney Carlson productions. He has served on the boards of the Green Mountain Film Festival and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Just as Bob believes that access to a college library is a great perk for professors, so he believes that access to the Cutler Memorial library is a wonderful perk for citizens of Plainfield.
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Librarian
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Loona Brogan
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Loona Brogan comes to the Cutler Memorial Library by way of Goddard College, where she served the academic community as a support staff in the Academic Services Office. She brings a diverse background and a love of books and the Plainfield community to the job of Cutler Memorial's new librarian. Loona has worked with children and adults in educational and residential/therapeutic settings in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Texas and California.
Loona originally hails from Michigan, but has lived in Plainfield on-and-off since 1998. In years past, she has served on the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, as a Plainfield Co-Op board member and founded the Vermont Tree Society.
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Friends of the Library
The Friends meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 5:30 and sponsor fundraising events such as the Spring Plant and Book Sale and the Holiday Bazaar. Funds are used for library programs throughout the year, buying new books, the Master Gardener program and the purchase of project supplies. One and all are invited to join this group. You can donate time or services to suit your schedule and dues are only $5 per year. For information call librarian Mary Wheeler, 802-454-8504.
The Friends' current goals are to support the library by building membership and selling their cookbook, "Cooking with Friends. This is a community cookbook available at the library for $10. It was inspired by the 1934 Mother's Club Cookbook and has many of the recipes that originally appeared there. In addition there are family recipes from current Plainfield folks. All proceeds go toward new books for the library's growing collection.
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Maria McKnight, Nancy Perry, Deborah Gorsline and Helen MacDonald
at the twinfield bazaar
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