Board of Directors
David Bird
Board President
Great Kids, Inc.
David is a business leader with over 16 years of experience optimizing businesses and teams by translating vision into action that supports organizational goals and objectives. He has overseen financial education programming and strategic partnerships for a multi-billion dollar financial services organization and is passionate about helping people realize their full potential through financial literacy and personalized action planning. David resides in Vermont and holds an MBA from The University of Arizona Global Campus.
Rosie Manning
Board Vice President
Capstone Community Action
Rosie Manning is a Financial Securities Specialist and Business Coach in Capstone’s Barre office (serving Washington and Orange counties). Rosie is a AFCPE Accredited Financial Counselor and an entrepreneur who owned multiple businesses over a 20 years span. Rosie owned her own personal training business, advanced sports, medical massage therapy and a rental business for nearly 20 years. She brings her real-life experiences as a business owner and her educational training to her depth of knowledge and is available to help you turn your business dream into a reality.
Lorilee Drown
Board Treasurer
Community National Bank
Lorilee serves as the Office Manager for the Barre and Montpelier locations of Community National Bank.
Amanda Seeholzer, CCFCU
Board Secretary
EastRise Credit Union
Amanda is a Certified Financial Counselor at EastRise Credit Union and an experienced presenter in delivering financial education to Vermont High schools, colleges, companies, and communities. Delivering a variety of topics including but not limited to, budgeting/money management, debt management, loan preparation, as well as all credit topics. She gets great pleasure in helping others reach their goals through one-on-one appointments or group meetings/presentations. Financial capability is a big passion of hers as she enjoys seeing other people succeed and grow through providing education, tips, strategies, ongoing consistent support, and visual and physical financial plans. Amanda’s higher education degree is in Communications with a focus in written communications. She also as a lifelong learner has dabbled in programs for nursing, cross-cultural psychology, sociology, and maintains her CCUFC certification through CUNA. She is very excited to be part of this team in hopes to have a positive impact on our future in finance.
Lori Belding
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust
Lori has over 24 years’ experience working in banking and currently serves as, as VP Community Reinvestment Act Officer (CRA) for Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. In this role, Lori works to ensure that the bank meets the credit and community service needs of low and moderate income people in Bar Harbor’s service areas of Maine, NH and Vermont.
She has presented seminars of financial literacy to kids of all ages, from elementary school to senior citizens and believes everyone should develop of “spending plan”, rather than a budget. Lori holds a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Brockport, and in her banking career, she earned several certificates including her Certified Financial Marketing Professional designation. Lori currently resides in Barre and volunteers with Special Olympics of Vermont, Green Mountain United Way, Granite United Way, and Downstreet Housing and Community Development.
Katherine "Katy" Bensen
Opportunities Credit Union
Katy Bensen is the program manager for Money Sense at Opportunities Credit Union which provides financial education and housing counseling for Vermonters. Before joining the Credit Union, she worked as a bartender, server, and baker. Having experienced differing and inconsistent incomes, Katy is understanding and non-judgmental while helping clients reach their financial goals. She loves teaching people of all ages how credit scores work, and how to prioritize your personal budget. Katy received her B.A. cum laude from Mount Holyoke College in Philosophy and History and currently lives in Winooski.
Margaret Ferguson
Margaret is a retired Business Counselor for Capstone Community Action’s Microbusiness Development Program. She is also an Accredited Financial Counselor and is a member of the Association of Financial Counselors Practitioners and Educators (AFCPE). She has extensive experience with personal finance education at the community level. Margaret is a longtime volunteer for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Margaret holds degrees from Miami University and Lyndon State College.
Beverly Jarmiolowski
M&T Bank
Beverly Jarmiolowski is the Retail Market Manager for M&T Bank supporting the Retail Branch network encompassing Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Throughout her 29-year banking career she has worn many hats that has allowed her to share her financial knowledge with the communities that she serves. Beverly has done this through offering financial education in classrooms and speaking at community seminars that support business development, fraud education and financial budgeting. She strives to uphold M&T Bank’s goal to be "A bank for Communities" by volunteering at local food banks, big brother and big sister organizations, Junior Achievement and many other organizations that support the community. Beverly resides in Milton, VT with her husband and children.
Rebecca Kilian
Vermont Bankers Association
Rebecca is Vice President of the Vermont Bankers Association in Montpelier. VBA’s mission is to promote an environment which fosters a vibrant banking community to support a prosperous Vermont Economy. Prior to this role she worked in economic development providing entrepreneurial technical assistance to Vermont women looking to start businesses. In this work she developed a passion for providing education opportunities for Vermonters and is excited to bring this to JumpStart.
Rebecca holds a BS in Community Development and Applied Economics from the University of Vermont and currently resides in South Burlington where she serves on the city of South Burlington's economic development committee. She is an advocacy volunteer for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention championing suicide prevention legislation at both the state and federal level.
David Kunin
Office of the Vermont State Treasurer
David Kunin serves as the Outreach and Communications Director at the Office of the Vermont State Treasurer. Prior to working at the Treasurer’s Office, he served as a Session Associate for Necrason Group during the 2023 Vermont legislative session. He also served as Campaign Manager for Mike Pieciak’s successful run for Vermont State Treasurer after working on several state and federal campaigns including Pete Buttigieg’s campaign for President.
As a member of Jump$tart, David is eager to use the platform of the Treasurer’s Office to support initiatives that address Vermont’s financial literacy gap. In his free time, David enjoys skiing, playing tennis, and biking.
Sheri Rockcastle
Vermont Department of Financial Regulation
Sheri Rockcastle has over 18 years of experience with the State of Vermont in various departments. She currently manages the consumer complaint program and guides public education initiatives in the Department of Financial Regulation’s Banking Division. Her previous roles include Vice President at Mad River Canoe and management at United Parcel Service. Sheri is actively involved in multistate committees and collaborates with local consumer education partners. Outside of work, she enjoys outdoor activities and traveling both locally and internationally.