Betsy Rosenbluth

Betsy has 20 years of experience in the field of community development, including resource development, capacity building, project management and citizen engagement. She has most recently worked as a private consultant with experience organizing and implementing Burlington’s Sustainable City Initiative—a multi-stakeholder community planning effort in Vermont’s largest city. Betsy has been a partner in numerous education initiatives involving sustainability, working to establish an international “environmental learning cities” exchange and helping to draft and pass Vermont’s first Farm to School bill. Prior to that, Betsy worked for over ten years in the Burlington Community Economic Development Office on waterfront development. She co-directed the creation of Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center, which transformed a Navy Reserve Training Center into a lake science center and aquarium, and she now serves on the Echo Board. Betsy holds a Masters in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University. She lives with her family in Burlington, Vermont.