Julia is a native Vermonter who spends much of her time around trees. When she is not splitting or stacking firewood, she is weaving through the trees while mountain biking or split boarding. Her professional background includes leadership roles for several technology companies along with a short but exciting career in the music industry. Julia and her husband Jeff own Dark Star Cabin and Crow’s Nest Yurt – affectionately known as “Yurtville” – and live in Huntington with their dog Nikki. Julia is excited to bring her unique skill set and perspective as a hut owner to the Vermont Huts & Trails board.

Cate loves exploring the outdoors with her husband and two kids, whether it’s up the street at Hunger Mountain or on a New Zealand hut trip. It’s hard for her to choose which invigorating and challenging season in Vermont is her favorite. She is a sustainability and marketing professional who has always thrives when connecting people with new adventures that inspire a positive change in our world.

Shaun has spent nearly 20 years working on climate resilience, conservation, and creative ways to fund projects that protect the places and communities we care about. In his current role at Quantified Ventures, he works with communities, nonprofits, foundations, and public agencies to develop and finance climate resilience and conservation projects. Shaun lives at Bolton Valley, where the mountain is his backyard and he spends as much of his free time as possible skiing, chasing his kids around the mountain, hiking, biking, or waiting for the snow to return. He is excited to support Vermont Huts & Trails and its work to connect more people with Vermont’s landscape and communities.

Berne Broudy is a writer, editor, and photographer who reports on environmental issues, gear, and travel. She’s developed and guided hiking and cycling trips all over the U.S. and South America. She has guided groups of students in Ghana and Peru and has biked across the U.S. She’s herded llamas to a Bolivian mountaintop corral, she’s had fat biking first descents in Alaska, she helped establish the first sport climbing in East Greenland, she was on the first female team to complete the Jordan Trail. Before writing and photographing professionally, Broudy worked in the sustainable forestry industry, where she was involved in establishing wood and paper products certification. Broudy sits on the boards of Richmond Mountain Trails, VMBA, and Vermont Huts. She is a co-founder of ConservationNext and has served on the boards of Conservation Alliance, Outdoor Industry Women’s Coalition, Fellowship of the Wheel, CragVT, and the Catamount Trail Association. She is passionate about adaptive access to the outdoors.

 Since 2019, Liz has brought her enthusiasm for adventurous trails, land stewardship, and toddler-friendly camping to the Vermont Huts & Trails’ Board. She works for the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, where she supports farmers and community-based economic development. Liz fills her free time trail running, making pottery, and baking cookies with her kids.

Maggie brings 20 years of experience in policy development, legislative strategy, and federal and state appropriations knowledge—working for more than a decade with U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), and a decade of working with local governments, most recently as the deputy secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources under Governor Phil Scott (R-Vt).

In her current role as the VP of ARA Government Relations, she leads policy and appropriations strategy within defense, transportation and climate action to further support the connections between Congressional priorities and ARA’s expansive portfolio of innovative technology solutions to the complex challenges faced by those industries.

Gendron holds a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University, and a master’s of public administration from the University of Vermont. She spends all of her free time in Vermont with her family, friends, and the infamous Walter the Airedale.