Peter Reed

Peter Reed is the President of RACDC’s board of directors and has been a member since 2015. His primary interests related to RACDC’s mission is economic development and job creation in our service area and building collaboration and cohesion among downtown businesses. Peter, now retired, served as the Senior Community Banking Officer for Northfield Savings Bank at the Bethel and Randolph branches. He earned a BA in Economics at Earlham College in Indiana and an MBA at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Peter currently serves on the Gifford Medical Center Board, and the Randolph Sunrise Rotary Club. Peter and his wife live in Braintree and his hobbies include astronomy, Christmas trees (he owns a Christmas Tree Farm, Braintree Balsams), and gardening.

Jennie Lumbra

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Jennie Yon Lumbra is the Business & Asset Manager at RACDC overseeing Operations and Tenancy. She is originally from Florida and moved to Vermont in 1983 currently living in Hancock. She has over 30 years of accounting, bookkeeping, business/office management and customer service along with experience in property management, sales administration, operations, first response, and personal care. She is a 1988 graduate of Whitcomb High School and Randolph Area Vocational Center. She has attended CCV classes studying accounting and business management. Jennie loves being outdoors gardening, reading, taking walks, kayaking and spending time with her family.

Sheila Jacobs

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Sheila is the Administrative Assistant at RACDC.

Ann Howard

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Ann Howard is a life-long resident of Braintree who has a BA in Literature from Castleton State College. She has been working with older adults for the past 10 years, mostly in the Lebanon region, first as a PCA and then as a Care Coordinator and Office Administrator for a non-medical home care agency. Growing up in a multigenerational family, Ann has always been comfortable with people of all ages. She enjoys serving her community, cooking and crochets blankets with more enthusiasm than skill. She hopes to bring kindness and curiosity to the role of SASH coordinator!

Julie Iffland

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Julie Iffland was the long time Executive Director of RACDC, and following her retirement from that position in April 2025 has remained as a part time housing specialist. She came to RACDC in 2007 after a 19-year history in conservation real estate, in which she was responsible for negotiation, fundraising, and project management of large community conservation and historic preservation initiatives, first as the Program Coordinator of the State of Connecticut’s open space program, and later as the head of the Connecticut office and the Vermont and New Hampshire programs of the Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit organization. Julie holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Hartford and a B.A. degree from Yale University, where her studies focused on music, history and sociology. While at Yale, Julie and 6 fellow senior women co-founded the first female counterpart to the Whiffenpoofs, an all-senior women’s a cappella group they named Whim n’ Rhythm, which has since established itself internationally. Julie served as Chairperson of Randolph’s Planning Commission for six years and was a founding member of the Randolph Economic Development Council. She recently completed her second term on the Housing Advisory Council of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, as well as the Boards of the Vermont Community Development Association and Stagecoach Transportation System, Inc. She now serves on the Board of the Orange County Special Investigative Unit/Child Advocacy Center. Julie and her partner, Christopher Recchia, run a small diversified organic farm in Randolph, VT.