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Jun 21, 2019 · Senator Bernie Sanders with his wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, former president of Burlington College. The school, in Vermont, collapsed a few years after she oversaw a land deal that was...
- 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...
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).
May 16, 2016 · When Jane Sanders became Burlington College’s president in 2004, she had previously served as interim president at Goddard College, her alma mater, about an hour east of Burlington....
- David A. Graham
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.
Mar 4, 2020 · Her 2000s-era tenure as the president of Burlington College has come under fire. After six years in Bernie's congressional office, Jane was offered a job as provost at Goddard College, where...
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In 2010, Jane O'Meara Sanders oversaw the purchase of 33 acres of property to be used for college expansion, with the resulting significant debt to be covered by already pledged donations and tuition from planned increased enrollment over five years. Sanders departed shortly after, with Christine Plunkett assuming the position of president.
