copyright the Chronicle December 6, 2017
by Elizabeth Trail
BROWNINGTON — Molly Veysey started her new job as director of the Old Stone House Museum on December 1. So did Finance Manager Walter Parenteau. Both are 36 years old.
Add in administrative assistant Dana Drake, also born in 1981, and three out of the five Old Stone House staff members are in their mid-30s.
That’s a change at the museum, where staff members have traditionally been older. People have worried for years about whether there would be a younger generation to take over as they retire.
It’s too early to talk about other changes, Ms. Veysey said in an interview Tuesday morning.
“We’re going to take a year learning the regular functions before we start anything major,” she said.
She’s full of praise for former director Peggy Day Gibson.
“If it weren’t for her ten years of hard work, this position wouldn’t be what it is,” Ms. Veysey said, noting the enormous progress of the past decade in acquiring buildings, keeping them up, and building the museum’s programs.
Financially, the organization seems to be in good health, she said.
She plans to continue Ms. Gibson’s forward momentum by putting her grant-writing skills to work.
One immediate project is going to be continuing Ms. Gibson’s efforts to retrofit the Grange building for handicap access.
In fact, on Tuesday morning Ms. Veysey was on her way out the door to a workshop on accessibility.
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