Our Board

Meet the Executive Board

  • Libby Bonesteel

    Libby Bonesteel

    Libby Bonesteel is the Superintendent of Schools for Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools, a position she has held for the past 3 years. Her professional passions are in systems thinking, leadership development, and literacy instruction. After work hours, you will find Libby hanging out with her two kids, hiking in the woods, tending to her garden, or deep in a book.

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    Tammy Boone

    Board Treasurer

    Tammy Boone is the Director of Data and Assessment for the Milton Town School District, a position she has held for the last 18 years. During her 26 years in education, she has served on multiple committees/ organizations both internally and externally. She has served on the state Literacy Action Planning Committee, the VT Multi-Tiered System of Support Committee, and on the board of directors for Partnership for Literacy and Learning. She loves gardening, cooking, the arts and you will usually find her spending her free time with her grandson. She is passionate about student learning, creating systems that allow for curiosity and student success.

  • Gwen Carmoli

    Gwen Carmoli

    Board President

    Gwen Carmolli is the Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for Colchester School District. She serves on the board of directors for Champlain Valley Educator Development Center, Vermont Curriculum Leaders Association, Snelling Center for Government, and on the Vermont legislature's Advisory Council for Literacy. Gwen loves to read, jog, eat circus peanuts (the worst candy in the world), and lead learning. She is dedicated to creating opportunities for students and educational leaders across Vermont!

  • Christian Courtemanche, M.Ed.

    Board Secretary

    Christian has been a Vermont educator for over 15 years as a classroom teacher and a curriculum specialist in both math and science. He offers workshops, courses, and district-consulting work around rich math instruction, differentiation methods that meet the range of learners, and strategies for impactful coaching. He is passionate about bringing wonder into curriculum, as well as curiosity around the needs of all children in their learning.

    When not working with teachers and schools, Christian enjoys playing mandolin and spending time outside with his family.

    MMUUSD K4 Math Instructional Coach and Curriculum Leader

    Regional Math Consultant & Professional Developer

  • Megan Grube

    Megan Grube is the Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology for the Grand Isle Supervisory Union.

    Prior to coming to GISU, she worked as a School Effectiveness Coordinator for the Agency of Education and was an inaugural Ferguson Fellow focusing on effective implementation of MTSS in charter, public, urban and rural settings.

    She earned her master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2012 after completing the Mind, Brain and Education program focusing on how cognitive neuroscience, psychology and pedagogy intersect and how to affect systemic change for all students.

CVEDC Board Members are committed to bringing the very best professional learning opportunities to Vermont educators. Their roles in schools range from superintendent, principal, coach, special education director, and curriculum directors— all helping to inform our organization about the needs of their districts and their role-alike colleagues.

Board of Directors

  • Alysia Backman, Director of Learning, South Burlington Schools

  • Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools

  • Gwen Carmolli, Director Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Colchester SD

  • Beth Cobb, Superintendent, Essex Westford SD

  • Christian Courtemanche, Math Coach, Mount Mansfield Unified Union SD

  • Sarah Crum , Director of Learning & Innovation, Champlain Valley SD

  • Nick Devita , Director of Student Support Services, Grand Isle

  • Catrina DiNapoli, Assistant Superintendent, Mount Abraham USD

  • Mohamed Diop, Director of Multilingual Learning Programs, Winooski SD

  • Megan Grube, Curriculum, Instruction, & Technology Director, Grand Isle SU

  • Gabe Hamilton, Superintendent, Addison Northwest SD

  • Bill Kimball, Superintendent, Maple Run SD

  • Courtney Krahn, Director of Teaching & Learning, Addison Central SD

  • Beth O'Brien, Principal, Franklin Northeast SU

  • Kosha Patel, Director of Curriculum, Missisquoi Valley SD

  • Stephanie Phillips, Sr. Dir. of Curric., Instr. & Assessment, Burlington Schools

  • Cathy Quinn, School Leadership Programs, Saint Michael’s College

  • Scott Thompson, Director of Curriculum, Franklin West SU

  • Lauren Wooden, Executive Director, CVEDC