DV Fiber welcomes Ciuffreda

WILMINGTON - DVFiber announces the appointment of Gabrielle Ciuffreda as its first executive director, effective September 1. Ciuffreda, known as Gabby, lives in Guilford and comes to DVFiber with deep experience in project management and community building.
Ciuffreda brings nearly 20 years of legal, asset management, and real estate development experience to the executive director position. Recently she helped to oversee the financing and redevelopment of a $31 million rehabilitation of three historic buildings in downtown Bennington that were repurposed for commercial and mixed-income housing. She has focused on mixed-use and industrial development, historic renovation, and brownfields environmental remediation.
Ciuffreda brings important skills in project financing, including tax credits - New Markets Tax Credits, federal historic tax credits, and state historic tax credits - loan sourcing, and grant procurement/management - HUD CDBG, USDA Rural Development, VTrans, VHCB, and EPA/Brownfields.
Ciuffreda is committed to community and civic engagement. Currently the chair of the Windham Regional Planning Commission and its Brownfields Steering Committee, she has also served at the state level as a member of the VT Downtown Development Board, which supports the preservation and enhancement of Vermont’s downtowns and village centers and distributes the state’s rehabilitation tax credits as well as various grants. She served on her town’s selectboard for four years and on a local nonprofit board whose mission was to renovate and repurpose the local historic grange building into a community center.