Women in Leadership Advisory Member

Lynn Ellen Schimoler

Active Term: 08/2022 - 08/2023

Areas of Expertise

• Inspiring Emotional Intelligence
• Improving Communication Habits
• Skills for Contracts & Negotiations
• Driving Ideas, Intellectual Growth & Transformation
• Organizational Leadership & Cultural Diversity​

VP of Operations

Vermont Land Trust

Lynn Ellen Schimoler is the Vice President for Operations at the Vermont Land Trust (VLT), leading the information technology, finance and human resources teams. Previous to her work at VLT she was a Grants and Contracts Program Lead for the  Vermont Agency of Agriculture’s Working Lands Enterprise Board. While there, she increased investments into working lands, implemented governance practices, and served as a legislative liaison. Her work connected farms, food, and forest businesses with assistance and funding. Prior to public sector roles, Schimoler collaborated on food co-op expansions with the National Cooperatives Grocer, and directed purchasing at Onion River Co-op. 

​She’s on the Executive Board of the Real Organic Project and has served on many Boards over the past decade including the Vermont Women's Fund Council and the Northeast Organic Farming Association. She has been a part-time Dance Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences at UVM since 2005. Schimoler lives in Essex.

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