MANCHESTER - The Southern Vermont Arts Center Board of Trustees has selected Seline H. Skoug to serve as interim executive director and the leader of an initiative to re-energize the mission and focus of the 80-year-old institution.

She will assume day-to-day management responsibilities while conducting a thorough assessment of the organization in an effort to ready the Arts Center for a permanent executive director.

"The Southern Vermont Arts Center has been one of the region's most valuable treasures for 80 years and it's critical that we build on that legacy," said trustee Robert McCafferty. "Our planning will insure that we include the aspirations of our artists and members in our vision for the center. Seline has the right blend

Seline Skoug (courtesy photo)
of intelligence, experience, management skills and energy to help guide us toward the next chapter in our history."

Her appointment is the first step in an initiative to create a plan for the Arts Center's future direction. That initiative will include a concerted effort to collect input from artists, members, donors, volunteers, staff, and the community at large. The objective is to create a framework for planning that will honor the center's traditions and history while ensuring it is a relevant and dynamic artistic force in a changing cultural landscape.

Seline is principal of Skoug Group LLC, a non-profit consulting firm, located in East Arlington. She has 20 years experience working with non-profit organizations and is a graduate

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of the State University of New York at Old Westbury with a master's degree from Simmons College. She served for over 10 years as executive director of Casting for Recovery in Manchester, building the support program for breast cancer survivors into an international non-profit organization with more than 1,500 volunteers across the country. She has also served on numerous boards in New England including chair of the Northshire Non-Profit Network. She is a volunteer EMT on the Manchester and Arlington Rescue Squads and currently serves on the board of Meals on Wheels of Bennington County. An artist and photographer in her own right, she resides in Arlington.