About Us
driven by vitalizing the community
and saving the church building
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Our Story
A non-profit organization, the Waterford Preservation Trust, llc (WPT), has been formed to further the goals of preservation and adaptive reuse of the church building.
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The Board of directors of the WPT consists of community leaders dedicated to the revitalization of the village of Lower Waterford by restoring the church building.
Meet The Team
Joe Healy
Joe Healy is a staff editor with Active Interest Media in the boating industry. He was an editor with Outdoor Life; served as vice president and editorial director of American Angler, Fly Tyer, and Saltwater Fly Fishing magazines; and held leadership roles with Vermont and Saratoga Living magazines. He has also worked in various communications roles and is the author and editor of several books. Joe grew up in a small town in Central New York.
Kathryn A. Piper
Kate has been a resident of Waterford since 1976. She has served on the Waterford Planning Commission, Waterford School Board, and Waterford Fire Department as an EMT. She practiced child protection law for 19 years and has researched and written numerous articles on child protection policy. She is a trustee of the Lower Waterford Congregational Church and has been a member of the church since 1977.
Jill Pylkkanen
Jill and her family have owned a home in Waterford since 2006. Jill has taught high-school mathematics and currently works as an adjunct statistics professor at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. Summers and holidays were always spent in Waterford, where she, her husband Matti and their three children have grown to love all the NEK has to offer. In 2018, Jill and Matti made the permanent move to Waterford. In addition, Jill is an indoor cycle instructor at RIDE!
Joe Inskeep
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Kandis Barret
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Robin Migdelany
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Joe Inskeep
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Kandis Barret
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Robin Migdelany
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Joe Inskeep
Joe and Barbara Inskeep happily discovered Waterford in 1995 after growing up in Indiana and living for long stretches in both Austin and Boston. They bought land here in 1999, bought a home in 2012, and moved full-time in 2014. Joe retired in 2020, having been a consultant with The Governance Coach, an international consulting firm headquartered in Canada. He consulted to governing boards and executive staff, training organizations in the governance system called Policy Governance.
Kandis Barret
Kandis is the Library Director at the Davies Memorial Library in Lower Waterford — the last public-honor-system lending library Vermont, located across the street from the church. She has a love for the outdoors. A native of Minnesota, she and her family enjoy all that Vermont has to offer and she is happy to be a part of the wonderful community in Waterford.
Robin Migdelany
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Robin is a Massachusetts native now living and loving Vermont. She and her husband, Joe Healy, live in Waterford with their son, a student at Waterford Elementary. She serves on the Board of Civil Authority as a Justice of the Peace and the Waterford DRB. She is a past board member of the Waterford School Association, past VP of the St. Johnsbury Chamber of Commerce, and she and her son volunteer at the Kingdom Animal Shelter. She is also a Realtor® with Sotheby's International Realty, in St. Johnsbury.
Howard Jones
Howard is a native Vermonter. He and his family settled in Waterford in 1984. Howard retired in 2018 having been an architectural draftsman and working in sales and purchasing for 47 years at a local lumber company. Howard has been an active member of the Waterford Fire Department since its start in 1985. He was one of the original 13 members. He has held various positions throughout the 36 years with the current title of Captain.
Matti Pylkkanen
Matti is originally from Finland and now lives full time in Vermont with his wife, Jill, and their 3 children, and two dogs. From the first time Matti visited Waterford in 1998 there was a sense of familiarity in the nature and people that made it feel like home. For many years, Matti worked for a global technology business and travelled a lot for work. In the busyness, Waterford was the place he found peace and enjoyed spending time outdoors with his family. He is now semi-retired and enjoys having more time to join and work on important causes, like this.
