Our Mission
Let’s Build Homes works to create a Vermont of abundant housing for households of all income levels where communities thrive in harmony with our working lands. Through impactful policy change and grassroots action, we will help Vermont grow into a more affordable, vibrant, and inclusive state.
Let’s Build Homes will tackle the housing crisis through:
- Building a Broad Coalition: Uniting individuals, organizations, municipalities, and businesses to support housing growth.
- Advocating for Pro-housing State Policy: Driving reform at the state level, including support for pro-housing legislation and regulatory streamlining.
- Engaging Local Governments: Advocating for local ordinances and other local actions that enable and promote housing growth and supporting property owners and builders in navigating complex permitting processes.
- Strategic Planning: Engaging in Act 250 Tier-mapping and ensuring infrastructure investments in village centers, downtowns and growth areas.
- Shifting the Narrative: Promoting a shared vision of Vermont as a state that welcomes new neighbors, growth and opportunity while preserving its unique character.
Our Team
Our Board
Let’s Build Homes has begun the process of organizing as a new, non-profit, 501(c)3. During the current start-up period the Vermont Housing Finance Agency is serving as the organization’s Fiscal Agent.
Clay Adams
Clay Adams is the President and CEO of Mascoma Bank. Under his leadership, Mascoma Bank expanded into new markets, experienced significant growth, and became one of the first banks in the United States to become a certified B Corporation. Before joining Mascoma Bank, Mr. Adams led Simon Pearce, a family-owned manufacturer and retailer of hand-crafted glass and pottery, and Resource Systems Group (RSG), a firm specializing in transportation, environmental and market research.
Elizabeth Bridgewater
Elizabeth is the Executive Director of the Windham and Windsor Housing Trust. Elizabeth views the role of housing in society through multiple lenses and has committed the majority of her non-profit career to expanding housing opportunities for all.
Maura Collins
Maura has been the Executive Director of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency since 2019. Through her work for VHFA as well as several housing focused Boards, Maura has devoted her career to delivering housing solutions for Vermonters.
Brian Dunkiel
Brian is the General Counsel for Beta technologies, an electric aerospace company. Prior to working at Beta, Brian co-founded the law firm, Dunkiel Saunders (aka SRH Law), where his practice focused on building renewable energy, housing, and transportation and utility infrastructure.
Mateo Kehler
Mateo is CEO of Jasper Hill Farm. Lauded as a cheese visionary, with his brother, Mateo has successfully transformed an old dairy farm in the Northeast Kingdom to one of the most successful cheese companies in the world.
Neale Lunderville
Neale has devoted his career to improving the lives of his fellow Vermonters. Currently he is the President and CEO of Vermont Gas Systems where he is helping advance Vermont’s energy future. He previously served as General Manager of the Burlington Electric Department, Chief Recovery Officer for Tropical Storm Irene, Secretary of Administration and Secretary of Transportation.
Casey McNeil
Casey is the third-generation owner of McNeil & Reedy, a menswear store in downtown Rutland. He is also the President of the Downtown Rutland Partnership Board where he works to advance and revitalize Rutland’s downtown.
Jason Pidgeon
Jason is the Vice President of Mortgage Banking and Consumer Credit at Northfield Savings Bank, a Vermont Bank committed to supporting Vermont “Builders, Makers and Doers”. With over 24 years of experience in the home financing industry, he has been an active participant in shaping the housing sector throughout his career. In addition to his professional achievements, Jason serves as the Treasurer of the Board for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, a non-profit camp that provides support for children from Vermont and Northern New York who have or have had cancer.
David J. Provost
David is the Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration at Middlebury College where he has advanced Middlebury’s commitment to housing for employees and community members. He previously held the position of Senior Vice President of Finance and Advancement, and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration at Champlain College.
Jonah Richard
Jonah Richard is a 4th-generation Fairlee, VT native who runs two businesses — Village Ventures, a small-scale real estate development firm and Réal Hazen Construction, a 15-person general contractor and homebuilder. Since moving back to the area in 2020, he’s led the development and construction of $10 million in real estate projects locally with another $16 million in the pipeline.
Tino Rutanhira
Tino is the Executive Director and Co-founder of the Vermont Professionals of Color Network. Previously he worked at Dealer.com and Cox Automotive. Tino also sits on the Board of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce as well as the Board of the Janet S Munt Family Room.
Loralee Tester
Loralee is the Executive Director of the Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce where she promotes economic development and community prosperity in the most rural region of the state. Prior to this role, Loralee was an educator in the Northeast Kingdom.
Miro Weinberger
Miro is the Executive Chair of Let’s Build Homes. A lifelong Vermonter, he has worked to build more homes for 30 years as an affordable housing developer and as the mayor of Burlington from 2012 to 2024.