[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 150 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          COMMENDING PATRICIA MOULTON POWDEN AND SUE DAVENPORT

 Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I rise to commend the service of 
Patricia Moulton Powden and Sue Davenport, two New Englanders who are 
ending their terms on the Board of Directors for the Northeast-Midwest 
Institute. Both have provided exceptional service to the Institute, and 
in the process helped to improve our region's economic development and 
environmental quality. The Northeast-Midwest Institute provides policy 
analysis for the bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition, which I 
co-chair with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from New York.
  Patricia Moulton Powden is a fellow Vermonter who has served for the 
past 4 years as Treasurer of the Northeast-Midwest Institute's Board of 
Directors. In that capacity, she provided careful oversight and helped 
the group's finances improve significantly. Within Vermont, Patricia is 
executive director of the Springfield Regional Development Corporation. 
She also has served as Commissioner of Economic Development for the 
State of Vermont and Director of the St. Johnsbury Area Economic 
Development Office.
  Sue Davenport has performed a variety of public service activities 
throughout New England. Currently, she is Executive Director of the 
Spurwink Schools-New Hampshire, which provide residential/day treatment 
programs for youngsters with emotional and behavioral handicaps, and 
their families. She has served as Commissioner of mental health and 
mental retardation for the State of Maine; adjunct faculty member at 
Suffolk University; Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services; and Acting Director of HHS's Regional 
Administrative Support Center.
  Mr. President, I again want to thank these distinguished New 
Englanders for their leadership on the Northeast-Midwest Institute's 
Board of Directors. They have provided valued service and helped 
increase that organization's reputation and effectiveness.

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