VERNON — The Selectboard voted to hire Michelle L. Pong of West Chesterfield, N.H., as the new town administrator.
The vote in favor of her hiring was unanimous, minus the absent Emily Vergobbe, at the May 2 regular board meeting.
Board Chair Christiane Howe said Pong will begin “in at least a month,” because she has to give adequate notice to her employer.
According to the unofficial Vernon town website, vernonvermont.org, Pong has been program director of the Lead Safe & Healthy Homes program of the Parks Place Community Resource Center in Bellows Falls.
She grew up in Brattleboro and is a graduate of Keene State College. She worked as a broadcast journalist and as a public-relations specialist before joining Parks Place in 2007.
She is certified as a lead inspector/risk assessor, and is an instructor for state and federal lead certification training. She is married to Christopher Pong; they have a daughter, Caroline, and two dogs.