The 2025 Annual Meeting of Okemo Valley TV Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday June 18, 2025. There will be an Open House event starting at 5:30 PM, with the business meeting to immediately follow at 6:30 PM. All ballots must be received by the start of the business meeting. Ballots will be collected, tallied, & verified by our 2-member Election Committee. PLEASE BE ADVISED that the information contained on the ballots will remain confidential and not be shared.

This year, there are three open seats to be filled on the Board of Directors through this election. There are six (6) official candidates; please read their statement below before casting your votes. Note that you are free to enter in the name of write-in candidates. The voting portion of ballot is on Page 2 (after reading through the candidate statements, simply click "Next" to get to the ballot).
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
There are six (6) candidates, listed below in alphabetical order

Trevor Barlow (Cavendish)
I have been involved in numerous organizations and projects in the region over the past decade & have always sought to collaborate with our regional Public Access Media stations whenever possible. They are an amazing community asset. I am a local business owner, international leader, innovator in media technology, event management, organizational development, & entrepreneurship. I have chaired multiple organizations and provided strategic leadership to foster community growth and equitable access to opportunity over my entire career. Locally, I worked on a passion project while serving as Executive Director at Black River Innovation Campus, where I advocated for regional business development, increased technological capacity & startup support. I founded a pioneering event management technology firm early in my career that supplied event and communications software, hardware and services to the Fortune 500, Congress and many national & international organizations. My expertise spans executive leadership, client and media relations, event logistics, & market strategy. Holding a BA in International Affairs from the University of Colorado, with additional studies at Université Libre de Bruxelles in European Law & Governance, I like to bring a diverse and global perspective to my work & volunteer efforts. I am an ardent supporter of local capacity building to strengthen and revitalize our rural Vermont communities. Last but not least, I love to recreate locally on our mountains and in our lakes...you will find me skiing, biking, hiking or swimming almost every day of the week.

Jacalyn Diesenhouse (Ludlow)
Full time resident since 2017. (Part time since 2001) My career began in the technical/computer arena with Honeywell Information systems, followed by corporate positions in Product Marketing, then internal consulting for GE. I also served on the boards of University of New Haven and Jewish Home of the Aged in New Haven. Okemo/Ludlow is a special home town with opportunities for broader community connections through TV and radio, which is important to me.

John Hanlon (Ludlow)
I’m John from Johnnys kitchen in Ludlow. I would love to run for a seat on the board. I love radio and have a pretty extensive background in music and entertainment ranging from live/ studio technician to stage manager for a music festival. I think a radio station would be great for this area and I would love to help in any way I can. Thank you for your consideration.

Wendell Perkins (Andover)
I am a retired institutional and fund money manager having most recently worked for Manulife Asset Management, a subsidiary of Manulife, Canada's largest life insurance company based in Toronto. I have an undergraduate degree from Colby College in Maine, an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and am a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). My husband and I own a hobby farm

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