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Host Mariah Riggs has a conversation with Betsy J. Walkerman, JD, President of Patient Choices Vermont.

Patient Choices Vermont (PCV) is dedicated to educating Vermonters about Medical Aid in Dying and end-of-life choice. Vermont's Patient Choice at End of Life Law (Act 39), enacted in May 2013, enables people who are terminally ill and who are capable of making their own medical decisions the option to request and receive medication that they can use to bring about a peaceful death if and when they so choose. 

Betsy Walkerman, PCV President, is a lawyer by training, having received her J.D. magna cum laude from Boston College in 1979. Over the past 30 years, Betsy has worked at the cross section of legal, finance and strategy to launch and build companies. In the 1980s and early ’90s, she was General Counsel, CFO and VP of Strategic Development at Aspen Technology, Inc. She founded her firm, Headwaters Strategy, LLC, in 1996, and since then has served as a consultant and/or board member for more than twenty emerging companies. Her work in the non-profit sector includes leadership roles on land trust projects, the performing arts, and serving on the board of the Lake Champlain Sailing Center. Early in her career, Betsy was associated with the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould, and previously worked in the public sector, focusing on energy and transportation policy. Betsy worked closely with Dick and Ginny Walters since the inception of the death with dignity campaign in Vermont. She has led PCV as president and a director since 2015. In 2020, the board created the part-time staff position of President, Betsy was named to this position, and resigned from the board.

For more information about Patient Choices Vermont visit: www.patientchoices.org

From Voices of Vermont:

Host Sandy Baird, Citizen Journalist Pete Garritano, and Community Activist Steve Goodkind weigh in on the escalating tensions surrounding Campaign 2024, where increasing political violence has become a disturbing reality. In their discussion, they reflect on how the campaign has been marred by unprecedented turmoil, from the shocking second apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump to his inflammatory accusations against the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio.

As the political temperature continues to rise to frightening levels, the trio delves into the implications of this unrest on the country’s future.

Host Lydia Diamond interviews two women in leadership positions: Jayna Ahsaf, Field Coordinator for Vermont FreeHer Campaign, and Elaine Haney, Executive Director of Emerge Vermont.

For more information about these programs visit: www.freehercampaign.org | www.vt.emergeamerica.org

Dennis McMahon speaks with Lindsay Varner, Executive Director Rokeby Museum about upcoming events for the fall.

For more information visit: www.rokeby.org