Beth Wallace, Executive Director

Beth has been the Executive Director of Everybody Wins! Vermont since 2014. A sixth-generation Vermonter, Beth is a graduate of Montpelier High School, Carleton College, and the Coaches Training Institute. She was the founding director of Ben & Jerry’s Children’s Center in Waterbury and the Acquiring Editor for Redleaf Press in St. Paul MN.  With her three cats, she lives in Northfield, where she knits, gardens, and plays fiddle, although not all at the same time. Click here to email Beth.

Kelly Bouteiller, Program Manager (West Region)

As the former Executive Director of Charlotte Children’s Center, literacy instructional coach at Charlotte Central School, and elementary classroom teacher, Kelly Bouteiller has had the privilege to build community and joy around literacy with both children and adults for many years. Kelly has loved reading since she was a child and has a particular passion for the power of children’s literature. She has also discovered a love of crochet, and can often be found crocheting while listening to an audiobook. Kelly lives in Charlotte with her husband, their two young boys, and cats Jack and Annie—named for the characters in the Magic Tree House Series! Click here to email Kelly.

Ellen Kucera, Program Manager (East Region)

                                        Ellen Kucera is a sculptor, mother, avid reader, and educator. She loves sharing her passion for art, dance, books, and the outdoors with others, as well as exploring how those interests overlap and intersect. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, paddling, skiing or curling up in her favorite chair with a good book. Her formal education is in sculpture earning a BFA from Drake University and an MFA from SUNY New Paltz. She is a certified teacher of Let Your Yoga Dance and Deep Play for Kids. She lives in Warren with her husband, two teenage sons, and cat. Click here to email Ellen.

Neha Shukla, Operations Manager

Neha is an artist and a mom of two awesome kids. With her family, Neha calls a beautiful valley in Worcester, Vermont home.  Before joining Everybody Wins!, Neha worked as an office manager at a local architecture firm and before that, she coordinated all things food related in the running of an elementary school food service program.  She finds joy in art, cooking, books, and of course the people she loves.  She also loves exploring the surrounding mountains and forests with her family. Click here to email Neha.

Suzie Smith, Project Specialist

Suzie started with Everybody Wins! in 2016 as site coordinator at Union Elementary School in Montpelier. In 2018 she became the project specialist, staying on top of our large gift book selection, managing events, helping with fund development, and generally supporting operations. Suzie is a native Vermonter with a BA in French from the University of Vermont. She lives in Montpelier with her husband and two children who flourished in the Montpelier school system. Suzie has always championed the importance of reading; her own children were fortunate to participate in Everybody Wins! Suzie enjoys reading as much as she can, getting together with her considerable extended family, being an organizational master, all things cats, cooking, traveling, and the outdoors. Click here to email Suzie.

Katie Wiseman, Administrative Coordinator

Katie has worked for Everybody Wins! since 2014, coming to us from a stint with The DREAM Program. She currently processes all mentor applications and screens mentors. Katie has also served as the site coordinator at J.J. Flynn Elementary and The Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes in Burlington. She is known in Everybody Wins! for her cheerful can-do attitude. Katie lives in South Burlington with her family. Click here to email Katie.