Vermont Health Equity Ambassadors
Meet the people who have helped support our Vermont communities.
Jacquie Kelley
Location: St. Albans, VT
Areas of Interest: accessibility, emergency preparedness
Region of Interest: St. Albans, Franklin County
“I’m a young wheelchair user who works for a local health office in Vermont as an Emergency Preparedness Specialist with a focus on access and functional needs and health equity. I provide technical assistance through the Vermont Health Equity and Community Design Pilot Program to the Bristol Trail Network to assist the development of accessible paths in three of their parks and the town of Barnet and Marshfield Village to increase downtown walkability and accessibility. I’m passionate about inclusion, accessibility and equity and hope to engage with more projects.”
Matthew LeFluer
Location: Alburgh, VT
Area of Interest: accessibility
Region of Interest: Grand Isle, Franklin County
“I’m an individual of color with disability working to ensure accessibility accommodation acceptance of individuals’ access needs are priority and prioritize within this work of Vermont equity progression throughout the state of Vermont.”
Eli Coughlin-Galbraith
Location: Brattleboro, VT
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: food equity and LGBTQ+ justice
Region of Interest: Windham County
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Ana Mejia
Location: North Hartland, VT
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: racial equity and housing and migrant justice
Region of Interest: Windsor County
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Karissa Smith
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: food equity
Region of Interest: Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans Counties
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Samantha Martin
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: health sciences, nutrition, physical activity, older adult support
Region of Interest: Essex, Lamoille Counties
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Shaun Campbell
Location: Lyndon
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: accessibility, food equity, cooperative economics
Region of Interest: Essex, Lamoille Counties
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Laura Caloz-Chapman
Location: Brattleboro
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: food equity, racial, migrant, and language justice
Region of Interest: Windham County
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Elizabeth Schumacher
Location: North Bennington
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: conservation and recreation, food equity
Region of Interest: Bennington County
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Daniel Parkins
Location: Essex
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: peacebuilding, grantwriting, entrepreneurship, community wealth development, strategic planning, racial and LGBTQ+ justice
Region of Interest: Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Washington
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Jill Quackenbush
Location: Middlebury
Healthy Equity Areas of Interest: racial justice, recreational equity
Region of Interest: Addison County
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