Board of Commissioners

The seven Commissioners of the VSHA are appointed by the Governor to serve five-year terms.  VSHA is fortunate to have Commissioners with diverse backgrounds, including expertise in real estate development, law, finance community development, federal housing programs, human services and more. 

Thomas P. Johnson, Chair
Dummerston, VT
Board Member since 1999

Tom retired from Vermont National Bank, having served as senior vice president, community reinvestment officer and as a member of the Socially Responsible Banking Board.  Tom continues to serve his community in a number of ways and is currently a member of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation, past president of the Dummerston Historical Society, and deacon of the Dummerston Congregational Church

Mary P. Miller, Vice Chair
Waterbury Center, VT
Board Member since 1998

Retired from Senator Patrick Leahy's staff, Mary now provides consulting services to a number of associations.  She serves on the Waterbury Community Development Committee and is a member of Revitalizing Waterbury.    She is a corporator of the Northfield Mutual Holding Company and Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice.

Caryn Feinberg
Shelburne, VT
Board Member since 2001

Caryn is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who is in private practice in the Burlington area.  She has been on the board of the Vermont Mental Health Counselors Association for more than 15 years, where she has held various committee chairmanships and an executive position since 1999.

Caprice B. Hover
Rutland City, VT
Board Member since 2001

Caprice is the Executive Director of the Rutland County Parent Child Center and is an advocate for the homeless and those in poverty.  She has actively worked with housing and anti-poverty-related issues for 23 years.  Most recently she was an advisory council member for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston.  She has lived in Rutland County for 30 years.

Fred V. Peet
South Burlington, VT
Board Member since 2003

Fred is an attorney and owner of a law firm in South Burlington.  His practice is limited to real estate, and he represents home buyers, sellers and lenders in transactions throughout Vermont.  He serves on the Board of Directors and as an agent for the Vermont Attorneys Title Corporation, the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House and New England Land Title Association, Vermont Mortgage Bankers Association, Northeast Vermont Home Builders Association and Chamber of Commerce.  He served as Town Meeting moderator, justice of the peace, fire department treasurer and Grange member in the town of Cornwall.

Cory B. Richardson
East Montpelier, VT
Board Member since 2007

Cory is senior vice president of Business Banking at Northfield Savings Bank.   He is a certified public accountant and member of the Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants.   In addition to serving on the Board of VSHA, Cory is also on the Board of the Green Mountain United Way and Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation.

Jo Ann Troiano
Middlesex, VT
Board Member since 1982
Board Chair 1983-1992

Jo Ann is the executive director of the Montpelier Housing Authority, chair of the Vermont Association for Public Housing Directors, a member of the Governor's Housing Council and the Fair Housing Committee of that Council