Our Board of Directors – Our Community Cares Camp

Meet Members of our Board of Directors

Jessica Johnson, President

My name is Jessica Johnson and I live in Huntington Vermont. I moved to Vermont 9 1/2 years ago from Southern Maine with my husband and three boys. Our oldest graduated from MMU in 2024 but when we moved here he was in fifth grade and it was the middle of the school year. He didn’t know anyone and OCCC was there to save the day. It helped us build new relationships in a new area. As a stay at home mom of 3 it was such a financial blessing for us that it was at no cost to our family. 

I joined the board 7 years ago as a way to show my appreciation to a great organization that helped me and my family all those years ago.

Constance van Eeghan, DrPH, MHSA, MBA, Treasurer

Connie moved to Richmond in 1992 with her family, including three children who all attended Richmond Elementary School, Camels Hump Middle School, and Mount Mansfield Union High School.  The rest of her family includes her husband, a retired middle school math/science teacher, a poodle, and a stray cat.  She works at the University of Vermont doing research in primary care and teaching graduate students and medical residents. She joined OCCC in 2014, is a member of the Richmond Racial Equity community group, and serves as the clerk for the Richmond Housing Committee. She loves to bicycle. She hopes that OCCC touches the lives of all those living in the school district by building strong relationship and making great partnerships.

Jana Brown, Member

Jana grew up in the small town of Fair Haven, Vermont and earned degrees in Literature and Spanish from Ohio Wesleyan University. She went to law school at The Ohio State University College of Law and worked for several years at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. She then spent a year in Boston working as a program coordinator at the Harvard Kennedy School in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance

and Innovation. After returning to Vermont in 2009, she practiced law for five years as a government attorney with the Vermont Attorney General’s office. Jana is currently the Program Manager at the Children’s Literacy Foundation, a VT based nonprofit with a mission to inspire a love of reading and

writing among low-income, at-risk, and rural children across Vermont and New Hampshire. In this role she connects with schools and organizations serving young children across the two states and works to get books into the homes of children who may not have access to books of their own. She has served on the board since 2018. She lives in Richmond with her husband, second grader, and golden retriever. She is a Richmond Free Library Trustee,  volunteers regularly at the Ronald McDonald House in Burlington, and is a State Representative. She also enjoys hiking, skiing, and being out on the water in the summer time.

Gretchen Muller, Member

Gretchen Muller is the principal of Camels Hump Middle School with over twenty years in education as a teacher and school leader.  She is passionate about creating inclusive, supportive learning environments where all students can feel safe and brave to take risks, learn and thrive.  Gretchen is proud to support Our Community Cares Camp and their mission of providing opportunities for our community’s youth.  Outside of work, Grechen enjoys spending time with her family and friends , as well as supporting her daughters’ love for dancing through costume making and attending all their performances and competitions.