We aim to enhance our community through creative exploration of the arts and wellness.

Sue uses her experience working with F500 companies and startups in the tech industry to help Arlington Common achieve their fundraising and organizational goals.

A graduate of Colby College, Bill lives in Arlington with his wife Bebe where they've lived since 1995. Bill entered the world of nonprofits by serving as Executive Director for the American Museum of Fly Fishing. In 2007, Bill and his wife Bebe joined the faculty at Berkshire School where he served as their Director of Planned Giving and Major Gifts. He is currently the US Vice president for the Atlantic Salmon Federation.

A twenty-five-year Arlington resident, Bebe co-founded the Arlington Arts and Enrichment Program, a local 501c3, to bring arts and enrichment to Arlington children. Additionally, she co-designed and co-led the four-year pilot program Green Mountain Squash, a free afterschool and summer program for Arlington middle school students. Bebe taught and coached in high schools for seventeen years and ran a project-based learning workshops program. Currently, the archivist at Berkshire School, Sheffield MA.

Carol Farley is a 25-year resident of Arlington. She has taught English at Arlington Memorial High School and Middle School for the past 12 years. Prior to that, she was the grant writer for the Arlington School District, the director of marketing for Anne Klein watches, and a buyer for Macy’s. Carol was an original board member of the Arlington Arts and Enrichment Program and a co-founder of Green Mountain squash.

Joyce has been a Carpenter 30 years. She moved to Arlington Vt. from Truro, MA and opened a Custom Picture Framing shop.

Joyce can be found taking on any number of projects at The Common, as a lead of the Grounds & Building Committee. Joyce enjoys the outdoors, hiking, camping, and metal detecting.

Ned Reade paints in oils and watercolors and is the former Chairman of the Arts Department at the Trinity-Pawling School, a private secondary school, where he had taught art and art history for forty-five years. Ned is the Board Chair and curator of the Gallery at the Arlington Common.

Don is the eldest son of artist Donald Trachte. During his childhood in the 1950s in the wholesome environment of Arlington, Vermont, where he was raised as a neighbor and a friend of Norman Rockwell’s family, Don grew up with many of the people depicted in Rockwell’s paintings. He attended Arlington High School and Western State College of Colorado with a major in economics. His interest in science and geology led to expeditions to Antarctica and Greenland. Trachte has worked for several aerospace companies in sales/marketing and program management. He is currently cataloging his father’s large collection of artwork and artifacts collected and gives lectures about his experience of discovering an original Norman Rockwell painting behind a secret wall. Don lives in Bennington, Vermont.

Sandra has a rather diverse background. Wildlife biologist, woodworker, dairy farmer, and most recently, facilities manager at the Southern VT Arts Center. As a resident of Vermont for 39 years and of Arlington for 16 years, she is happy to be bringing her experience to the Arlington Common.

Jeff comes to the Arlington Common as our new Fitness Manager following a 35-year career as an athletics director, physical and health educator, and coach at several independent and international schools. Most recently, Jeff established the physical education program and curriculum while serving as the Director of Athletics at Maple Street School in Manchester. Jeff is also Co-Director of Camp Deerwood, a residential boys’ camp in Holderness, NH. Jeff lives in Sunderland with his wife, Beth, and they have three children.