Melinda Holden Doyle

Background

Doyle, Melinda Holden was born on April 20, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Sharon Virtulan and Grace (Fitzgerald) Holden.

Education

Bachelor in Psychology, U. N.H., 1968.

Career

Director outreach and training, Stratford County Cmty. Action, Somersworth, N.H., 1968-1973; trainer, consultant, New England Regional Commission, Boston, 1971-1973; office manager, Beacon Banjo Company, Westminster, Vermont, 1980-1988; assistant to pastor, United Methodist Church, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1985-1989; executive director, Brattleboro Area Drop In Center, since 1989; consultant, Putney, Vermont, since 1994.

Achievements

• Melinda Holden Doyle has been listed as a noteworthy Human services administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Brattleboro Human Resource Council, since 1990. Board directors, past president Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, since 1990, Vermont Campaign to End Child Hunger, since 1991. Housing commissioner Windham Regional Commission, Brattleboro, since 1995.

Organizer, board directors N.H. Low Income Advocacy Council, 1972-1973, Operation Low Income People, N.H., 1969-1973. Memachental Health Advisory Council, Montpelier, Vermont, since 1995.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, cooking, grandchildren, skiing.

Connections

Married Louis Logue Doyle, February 14, 1974 (deceased October 1980). Children: Sarah, Joseph.

Father:

Sharon Virtulan Holden

Mother:

Grace (Fitzgerald) Holden

Spouse:

Louis Logue Doyle

child:

Joseph Doyle

child:

Sarah Doyle