Gifford is governed by bylaws and a volunteer board of directors. Each member of the board is unpaid and is a professional, or retired professional, who lives or works in Gifford’s service area. Members come from a variety of walks of life from farmers to bank executives and from business owners to investment managers. Many have long-standing ties to their communities, others have moved to the region by choice and all are focused on their communities’ well-being.
Victor Ribaudo is a hospital executive with over 30 years of leadership experience in operations, planning, and business development. He most recently worked for 14 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where his positions included Vice President for Affiliations, Executive Director of the Regional Care Network, and Associate Hospital Administrator. He previously worked with the Bon Secours Baltimore Health System, Inc., in Maryland; Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio; and Kent General Hospital in Dover, Del. His professional affiliations include the University of Michigan Health Policy and Management Program Alumni Board, American College of Healthcare Executives, and service on several governing boards in New York, Ohio, Maryland, and Delaware.
Victor and his wife grew up in Rochester, NY, and retired to Rochester, VT, in 2015, after having visited Rochester and Hancock over many years. In addition to his interest in Gifford, Victor serves as President of the White River Valley Ambulance Board of Directors and Rochester’s Director of Emergency Management. He enjoys skiing, biking and music.
Megan Cicio earned a Business Degree from Champlain College and has been employed with Northfield Savings Bank for thirty years. Her current position is Senior Vice President of Enterprise Banking. Megan is very active in the community. She serves as a Board Member for the State of Vermont’s Department of Liquor and Lottery, is a member of the Northfield Rotary Club, a volunteer for the Barre Basketball Tournament Committee, is the Treasurer of the Seaver Fund and is a volunteer for the Northfield High School Athletic Department.
Megan lives in her hometown of Northfield with her husband, Steve and their daughter, Gabrielle. In her spare time, she loves to read and travel.
Kristin Chandler is a native of Maine and a graduate of Colgate University, where she studied sociology and women’s studies, and Seattle University School of Law. Her law career began as a prosecuting attorney for King County in Washington State, a position she held for ten years. Her family relocated to Vermont to enjoy a small-town lifestyle and be closer to family and for the next eight years she served as an assistant attorney general for the Vermont Department of Mental Health. Today, she is the coordinator of Team Two, an adjunct professor of criminal law and criminal procedure at Norwich University, and real estate instructor for the Vermont Association of Realtors.
Her other volunteer work has included serving on the board of Circle (a domestic violence agency serving Washington County), Washington County Mental Health, GEMS (Girls Empowered, Motivated and Strengthened), the Randolph Recreation Committee, Chandler Center for the Arts, and the New World Festival Committee.
In her free time, she enjoys reading, knitting, and outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking, and spending time with her two children.
In 2014 Peter Reed retired to his Braintree home after more than 20 years as Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank. Looking for work with a community focus, he soon found a position at the Northfield Savings Bank in Randolph. He is also on the board of the Randolph Area Community Development Corporation, the Advisory Board of the Randolph Technical Career Center, and is a member of the Randolph Sunrise Rotary.
Peter graduated from Earlham College and received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He had considered a career in medicine and throughout his life has remained interested in healthcare issues.
Matt Considine grew up in Waltham, Mass. He attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut studying finance and then earned his master’s in business administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. A distinguished career working in analyst, portfolio management and vice president positions at investment management companies followed.
He had visited Vermont for years and finally in 2008, he and wife, Melanie, moved to Vermont in search of some elbow room. He worked as a programmer until being named to a new position, director of investments for the state of Vermont in 2011. He continues in that role and joined the Gifford board in 2014 to contribute to his community hospital. In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors and astronomy.
Michael Costa has served as president and chief executive officer of Gifford Health Care since October of 2024. He previously served as the CEO of Northern Counties Health Care in St. Johnsbury, Vt., a role he had been in since 2019. He formerly worked as the deputy commissioner for the Department of Vermont Health Access, the state agency responsible for administering Vermont’s Medicaid health insurance program, and as deputy director of health care reform for the State of Vermont.
Prior to his leadership roles in health care, Michael, who trained as an attorney, served as special counsel and director of policy, outreach, and legislative affairs for the Vermont Department of Taxes, and as director of the Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission for the Legislative Joint Fiscal Office. For his leadership during COVID-19, Michael was presented the 2021 Vermont Excellence in Leadership Award by the Snelling Center for Government. He serves on several boards: as a trustee of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS), director of Bi-State Primary Care Association, director of VNAs of Vermont, manager of OneCare Vermont, corporator of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, and director of Vermont Federal Credit Union. He earned his master’s degree in health care delivery science from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.; a juris doctor from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis.; and a bachelor’s degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Outside of work, Michael is a family man and active volunteer in his hometown of Norwich, serving as president of his local hockey association and coach and president of the baseball association.
Jody Davignon is a Bethel native who now lives in Randolph. She is managing partner and co-owner of Farrow Financial, a financial planning and money management firm in Randolph.
She studied economics at UVM and Strayer University in Virginia and earned her master’s in investment management from Boston University. She is a Certified Financial Planner and a Charted Financial Analyst.
Jody first joined Gifford’s investment subcommittee in 2011, then its finance committee in 2013, and finally its Board in 2014.
In her free time, Jody enjoys being active and supporting her family in their many pursuits.
Dr. Florance sees patients of all ages, newborn to geriatric, and provides a wide range of care, from chronic disease management to women’s health. Her approach to care is based on developing a partnership with each patient. “I love connecting with patients, getting to know them and the community I serve,” she said. “I also enjoy the variety offered by practicing family medicine. Each day is different and rewarding, whether I am working with a diabetic patient or with an expectant mother.”
Rick Hauser grew up in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., and Avon, Conn., and earned his degree in economics from Colby College and MBA from Cornell University. He held management positions in Foreign Exchange and Derivatives middle offices, with firms including Salomon Brothers and Union Bank of Switzerland, before becoming a management consultant focusing on bank merger and remediation-related process re-engineering; he’s worked with clients including JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, and BNP Paribas. Rick is also a partner with the Duffy Agency, a strategic marketing firm helping midsize companies grow their brands internationally.
From the time he was a boy, Rick has been a frequent visitor to Vermont. Captivated by the Green Mountains, he finally “retired” from Wall Street and moved with his wife Rebecca and two young boys to Randolph in 2010 where he began his second career as coach and volunteer. He has served as a member of the Town of Randolph Budget Committee, Treasurer of the Playhouse Theatre in Randolph, Randolph Union High School Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach, Randolph Middle School Basketball Head Coach, and is the founder and player/manager of the Randolph Jays men’s baseball team.
Sarah Jackson is the Executive Director of Vital Communities, a nonprofit organization that cultivates the civic, economic and environmental vitality of the Upper Valley. Prior to joining Vital Communities in late 2020, she was the Director for International Program Development at the Institute for Sustainable Communities in Montpelier for several years, building on more than two decades of working overseas (Egypt, Senegal, Kenya and Oman) for organizations focused on education, agriculture, entrepreneurship, economic development and public health. Originally from NH, she has lived in East Randolph since March 2018 and was active in the “Randolph Region Re-Energized (R3)” initiative supported by the Vermont Council for Rural Development and is now a member of the Randolph Economic Development Council.
Sarah has a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Economy from Williams College. In her free time, she enjoys being with family and friends, hiking, gardening, snowshoeing, reading, and cooking.
Jeffrey Nelb is the Vice President & General Manager of Hearth & Home Technologies, LLC (HHT), the world’s largest manufacturer of hearth products best known locally for their Vermont Castings and Harmon brands. Mr. Nelb has extensive senior leadership experience across numerous industries, with responsibility for up to 14 plants throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. He is a nationally recognized expert in implementing lean manufacturing systems and continuous improvement cultures, having been awarded the prestigious Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing at four of his U.S. plants. His transformation of HHT’s Vermont operations lead to a coveted Gold award during their 2022 corporate lean assessment.
Nelb holds a MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Dartmouth College. He lives in Rochester, VT with his wife Sharon and is often visited by his three grown daughters. Other interests include skiing, golf and just about any outdoor activity. Spring will find him in the sugar house, making syrup for the family to enjoy.
Morgan Rilling grew up in Randolph, VT. She attended Vermont Technical College and the University of Vermont, obtaining an Associate’s degree in Agribusiness and a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Entrepreneurship. She began her career in agricultural lending with Yankee Farm Credit in 2004 and is currently the Vice President/Branch Manager of the White River Junction office.
Morgan first joined Gifford’s finance committee in February 2019 and went on to join the board in December 2019.
Morgan lives in North Randolph with her husband Jon and 3 kids.
Cindy Rosalbo grew up in West Chester, PA and was a biochemistry major at University of Delaware before getting her PhD in molecular biology at Princeton. She worked at The Gender Equity Project at Hunter College and Yale’s Women Faculty Forum and then got her dream job at Dartmouth in 2007 supporting grad students and postdocs with their teaching and careers, primarily in STEM fields. Cindy is currently Senior Associate Director at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning and Director of Postdoc Affairs for the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
Cindy moved to Randolph in 2017 to live with her husband, Mark, and kids. She has been looking for a way to give back to Randolph for being such a great place to live, so she joined the Gifford Board. She enjoys gardening, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
A RUHS graduate, Clay Westbrook is now president of American Flatbread. He received a BS in Restaurant and Hospitality Management from Rochester Institute of Technology, and stayed active in the Vermont food community while a student. After graduation, he worked as a cook on tall ships, specializing in vocational sail training for youth, and then as a chef on a privately owned, 124′ yacht. He returned to RIT to complete his MS in Service Management in 2008.
Clay is also currently president of the Vermont Lacrosse Officials Association and officiates both high school and college lacrosse games throughout the state. He lives in Randolph with his wife Meghan.
Board Meetings
The Gifford Board of Directors provides an opportunity for public comment at the beginning of each Board meeting. The public comment period takes place during the first 15 minutes of each Board meeting.
To find out more about our governance or to schedule time on the Board agenda, please contact the executive assistant to the Chief Executive Officer at (802) 728-2304.
Accountable Care Organization
Gifford is a member of OneCare Vermont.
Annual Report
Download our Annual Report as a PDF or contact the Marketing Department for a copy:
Gifford Medical Center
Attn: Marketing Dept.
PO Box 2000
Randolph, VT 05060
