We are fortunate to have a dedicated Board of Directors, committed to upholding the vision of Vermont Day School, overseeing its development, and establishing a strategic plan for its growth.
Ted Adler, B.A.
Ted is the founder of Union Street Media, the top real estate digital marketing firm, and Scout Digital, a web development and digital marketing company located in Burlington. Ted is a strong believer in independent schools, the impact they can have on the lives of their students and the larger community. Ted is a former Keewaydin Camp staffman, a little league baseball coach and a volunteer soccer coach. He comes to VDS having served on a number of boards throughout Vermont, including Spectrum Youth & Family Services, Vermont Public Radio, the Vermont Business Roundtable, the Greater Burlington Industrial Corp and the Middlebury College Alumni Association. Ted lives in Burlington with his wife and three young children.
Sarah C. Merrill, MSN, APRN, JD
Sarah has been a part of the Vermont Day School community since 2018 and is the parent of two current VDS Middle School students. Sarah attended Indian Mountain School and The Hotchkiss School, both in Connecticut, where she grew up as a faculty child to her educator parents. She values the opportunities that a private school education afforded her both academically and athletically and is eager to inspire the same for all students who attend Vermont Day School. In addition to her independent school experience, Sarah brings to the Board her experience as a child and adolescent psychiatric nurse practitioner at the University of Connecticut Health Center. She also served as an attorney specializing in health care law and medical malpractice defense at a firm in Waterbury, Connecticut and health care quality and risk management for the State of Vermont Department of Mental Health and BCBSVT. Sarah lives in Fayston, Vermont with her husband and two children who are deeply involved in hockey, baseball, skiing, horseback riding, and soccer.
Ebeth Scatchard, M.Ed.
Ed Wilkens, Ed.D
Board Chair
Ed is currently a Special Projects Advisor for the Stern Center for Language and Learning. Previously he spent 19 years as a public school principal in Vermont serving students from preK-12. Ed also worked for the US Department of Education for six years providing technical assistance and policy consultation relating to special and general education. He began his career as a high school English teacher in Vermont. Ed and his wife Jill live in Charlotte, happily half-way between their two daughters’ families in Bomoseen and Shelburne.
