UVBEP Staff
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UVBEP's dedicated team works effectively to provide quality programs to students and educators throughout the Upper Valley. |
| Executive
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| Kathi Terami is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Her experience with school-community connecting activities started as a high school student through her participation in work-based learning programs. Kathi has worked in both the business and nonprofit sectors. In 1997, she began connecting schools with community resources as a Program Coordinator with a federally funded School-to-Work partnership of three New Hampshire communities. In 1999, she helped found UVBEP as an independent nonprofit organization to sustain the federal initiative regionally in both New Hampshire and Vermont. |  |
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Program Director |
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Amy Tietjen Smith earned her undergraduate degree at Cornell University and holds a master’s degree in education from Elmira College and certification as a Career Development Facilitator. Her past experience includes managing federal, state and foundation grant projects and budgets for the Cornell Youth and Work Program and volunteer management and program delivery for the Seven Lakes Girl Scout Council. Amy has worked with UVBEP since 2000, coordinating programs, developing and managing the UVBEP website, administering grants and devising systems for information management. |
| Program
Manager |
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| Jennifer Thygesen holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Cornell University. She has worked in both the nonprofit and business sectors, mainly in public relations and program development. Working with UVBEP since 2006, Jen is involved with all programs, but spends most of her time facilitating the Everybody Wins!, Junior Achievement and Leadership Teacher programs, recruitibusinesses to host Job Shadow Day, and writing grants and the UVBEP Annual Report. |  |
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Internship Coordinator |
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Erin Sykes earned her undergraduate degree in Finance from Franklin Pierce University and her master’s degree in Elementary Education from Plymouth State University. You may remember Erin from 2002 and 2003 when she worked for UVBEP as our Program Assistant. During that time she helped pilot programs such as Everybody Wins! and Junior Achievement. For the 2007-2008 school year, Erin is leading our TIPS Internship programs at Hartford High School and Oxbow High School. |
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Career Exploration Coordinator |
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| Lorin Durand holds a bachelor's degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Washington and a master's degree in Geology from the University of Montana. She has held a variety of education related positions at grade levels ranging from pre-school through college. Lorin formerly worked as a UVBEP Program Manager facilitating programs such as Everybody Wins!, Learn to Earn and Leadership Teacher. As the Career Exploration Coordinator, she will focus on connecting Vermont businesses with Vermont schools in a variety of programming designed to enhance student career awareness at the middle and high school levels. |  |
