Thank you to the following Event Sponsors for their
generous support of this event at National Life Group:

Our mission at arocordisdesign is to cultivate inspiring places and spaces in the work we do for our clients. An architecture, planning and interiors firm located in Montpelier, VT we serve residential, commercial and institutional clients seeking to infuse mission, purpose and values into their projects while taking care of the environment and the greater community. Currently, arocordisdesign is assisting National Life Group in it’s multiphase 135,000 SF Home Office Modernization providing values driven interior architectural design, workplace strategies consulting and environmental branding services. The firm is directed by Stephen M. Frey, AIA – LEED AP owner, architect and chief design catalyst. 

Business Culture Consultants, a Certified B Corp, serves as a catalyst for increased success and satisfaction in socially responsible organizations. This is accomplished through conducting cultural assessments, providing coaching for management behavioral change, and facilitating optimal team alignment. In other words, we help good people in great workplaces get better results!

Cx Associates is a Vermont energy engineering consulting firm founded in 1994. Through our work performing building commissioning, energy measurement and verification, and energy consulting, our focus is on helping our clients lower operating costs, improve productivity and reduce the environmental impacts of their facilities’ operations. To find out more, 
Visit our web site: http://www.cx-associates.com

Efficiency Vermont helps all Vermonters to reduce energy costs, strengthen the local economy, and protect the environment by making homes and businesses energy efficient.
Efficiency Vermont provides technical assistance, rebates, and other financial incentives to help Vermont households and businesses reduce their energy costs with energy-efficient equipment, lighting, and approaches to construction and major renovation. Additionally, we partner extensively with contractors, suppliers, and retailers of efficient products and services throughout the state. We are operated by a private nonprofit organization, the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, under an appointment issued by the Vermont Public Service Board.

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Engineering Ventures, PC is an experienced, consulting engineering firm operating and licensed in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and surrounding states. Select, qualified professionals and technicians provide a broad range of civil engineering services with specialties in structural and site engineering, permitting and planning. Serving both private and public clients, Engineering Ventures offers service from Burlington, VT, Lebanon, NH, and Saratoga Springs, NY. Engineering Ventures has been incorporated since 1994. Its principals’ project and firm ownership history is effectively 30+ years in the Burlington area.

KeyBank N.A. is committed to helping clients and communities thrive. As one of Vermont’s largest financial services companies, Key is a strong proponent for local economic growth, providing investment management, retail and commercial banking, retirement, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally. The most significant investment KeyBank makes is in its communities. This commitment takes many forms, including charitable contributions, volunteerism and civic leadership. Key’s philanthropic focus is on supporting projects that promote economic self-sufficiency, including those dealing with workforce development and financial education.

The Vermont Center for Independent Living, a nonprofit organization directed and staffed by individuals with disabilities, works to promote the dignity, independence and civil rights of Vermonters with disabilities. VCIL provides peer-to-peer services and support, including AgrAbility, Benefits to Work, the Community Access Program, the Home Access Program, Information, Referral & Assistance, Meals on Wheels, Peer Advocacy Counseling and the Sue Williams Freedom Fund. VCIL is committed to cross-disability services, the promotion of active citizenship and working with businesses and organizations to create services that support self-determination and full participation in community life.

For 25 years, the Vermont Community Loan Fund has transformed Vermonters' lives by providing loans, grants and technical assistance for affordable housing, small businesses, childcare providers and other community facilities benefiting lower-income Vermonters. Our mission-driven lending is growing the local economy, strengthening our towns and villages and promoting economic justice. The money we lend comes from investors – individuals, families, businesses and organizations – who want to put their money where their heart is, right here in Vermont. With investments from $1,000 to $1,000,000, VCLF investors earn a financial return, can receive tax benefits, and create real change and opportunity right here at home. investinvermont.org

Thanks to our Event Co-Sponsors:

Established in 1985, Office Environments is owned and managed by Vermonters Mark Kelley and Ron Citorik. We offer professional design services, space planning 
and ergonomic assessments as well as delivery and installation of a vast range of products from one of the largest rosters of manufacturers in the business. A winner of the 2006 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence, our headquarters incorporates many new concepts in sustainable interior design and construction, including under-floor HVAC and utilities, moveable interior wall systems, and integrated lighting and control systems.

Todd Walker is the Vermont representative for the Progressive Asset Management Group, the nation's largest advisor network specializing in socially responsible financial services, including green retirement plans, portfolio management, college saving and annuities.