Eddie Gale is the Vermont Program Director for the A.D. Henderson Foundation. The Henderson Foundation is one of the larger private funders of early care and education and adult-to-child mentoring programs in Vermont, and Eddie helps applicants think strategically about their proposals, including articulating why the work is needed and determining how to measure impact. Prior to his involvement with the Henderson Foundation, Eddie began his career in philanthropy with the Vermont Community Foundation, implementing two grants from the Ford Foundation to support community-based initiatives and sustainable development in the Northeast Kingdom. Eddie was affiliated with the Center for Rural Studies at the University of Vermont while completing his master’s degree in Natural Resource Planning, and he also has a bachelor’s degree from UVM, separated by a stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka and summer jobs with the Bureau of Land Management in Utah, the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho, and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Eddie grew up in Barre and lives in Johnson.
