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Mar 10, 2020 · In 1981, when Bernie Sanders had been mayor of Burlington, Vermont, for less than three months, Jane Sanders asked for a desk in City Hall. This was when she was still Jane Driscoll, the...
May 18, 2016 · Jane O'Meara Sanders, seen here in Burlington in June, was president of Burlington College from 2004 to 2011. Decisions made during her tenure are now being reexamined in the wake of the announcement the school will be closing May 27.
Mary Jane O'Meara Sanders (née O'Meara, formerly Driscoll; born January 3, 1950) is an American social worker, college administrator, activist, and political strategist. Sanders was provost and interim president of Goddard College (1996–1997) and president of Burlington College (2004–2011).
- A $10 Million Dream
- The $2 Million Question Mark
- Deal Approved
- The Collapse
For Burlington College, it was a golden opportunity. Students complained about the lack of an outdoor college campus and gathering spaces at the old two-acre property. Burlington College commissioned architectural drawings for a new building — but then learned that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington would sell its 32-acre lakefront property j...
At the heart of the property deal was a list of donations, including $2.6 million in confirmed money and another $2.5 million in unconfirmed pledges. The list included $2 million that never materialized. "At this time, we have a firm commitment of $1 million from one donor and a verbal commitment for an additional $1 million from another donor," Sa...
The financing agency VEHBFA reviewed the Burlington College proposal in 2010 and held a public hearing in Winooski, a nearby city, about the financing plan. No members of the public offered any comment. Charly Dickerson, one of the board members for VEHBFA, opposed the deal out of concern about the college's ability to repay the debt, according to ...
The college struggled financially after Sanders parted ways with the institution in October 2011. In her goodbye memo to the board of trustees, Sanders wrote that the college had "realized" gift and grant commitments of nearly $1.7 million over the last year, and another $1.25 million was on the books for the future. Many of the donors, like Pomerl...
Nov 18, 2020 · Jane Sanders has been a Bernie Bro from the jump. Per a 1996 article in The Washington Post, Jane was one of the first volunteers to help Bernie's mayoral office after his election in 1981 by...
Jun 21, 2019 · June 21, 2019. BURLINGTON, Vt. — If Jane O’Meara Sanders had had her way, a stretch of prime real estate in Burlington along Lake Champlain would have become a college campus. Instead, it...
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Dec 29, 2015 · Jane helped Bernie win his initial run for the House in 1990, and later his campaign for a Senate seat. Through her assistance and support, he went from mayor of Burlington, Vermont, to a...
