2018-2019 Staff
Greta Bjornson
Editor-in-Chief
Greta is a senior majoring in English with a concentration in writing and a minor in art. She joined the Cynic as a first-year after transferring to UVM and started writing for the Life and Arts sections before becoming a sec...
Ben Elfland
Managing Editor
Ben Elfland is the managing editor at the Vermont Cynic. He is a senior studying public communication with a minor in writing. His introduction to journalism was as a writer for the arts section, where he eventually spent a yea...
Sorrel Galantowicz
Operations Manager
Sorrel Galantowicz is the Operations Manager for the Vermont Cynic. She manages the business side of the newspaper including advertising and our team of ad representatives. She is a sophomore at UVM and has a double major in G...
Bridget Higdon
Culture Editor
Bridget Higdon is a junior English major who joined the Cynic in September 2016. She was previously the Arts Editor before she launched the first Culture section in the spring of 2018. Bridget grew up in northern New Jersey, but ...
Holly Coughlan
Illustrations Editor
Holly Coughlan is a second-year Political Science and History Major who has been part of the Cynic since September 2017. After working for a semester as the assistant illustration editor, she became the Illustration Editor. She en...
Kyra Chevalier
Layout Editor
Kyra Chevalier is a sophomore Public Communication major and Applied Design minor hailing from Grafton, Massachusetts. She joined the Cynic in Fall 2017 with the goal of becoming a news writer but, following a series of coinciden...
Mills Sparkman
Opinion Editor
Mills Sparkman is the Opinion Editor for the Vermont Cynic. She is a sophomore majoring in Political Science from Bristol, Rhode Island, not to be confused with Long Island. In her free time, she enjoys reading, coffee, mac and...
Chloe Chaobal
Podcast Editor
Chloe Chaobal is the podcast editor of the Vermont Cynic. She joined the Cynic as a news writer in her first semester of UVM. She also created “Cat Chat”, a podcast series for the Cynic in her sophomore year. Chloe is an Ant...
Peter Hibbeler
Social Media Editor
Peter Hibbeler is a Junior studying Secondary Education with an English Concentration. This is his first semester as the Social Media Editor, and is incredibly excited for the year! Peter has loved reading newspapers his entire l...
Sabrina Hood
Sports Editor
Sabrina Hood is a senior French and business administration double major. She joined the Cynic in February 2016 as a photographer and a year later joined the copy section. Sabrina has been writing for sports since March 2017 and...
Jordan Mitchell
Video Editor
Jordan Mitchell is the Video Editor at the Vermont Cynic. She is a sophomore Film and Television Studies major with minors in Public Communications and Music. She joined the video team in the spring semester as a first-year, and...
Connor Allan
Web Editor
Connor Allan was the former web editor for the Vermont Cynic in the winter of 2016 and a member of the Cynic, since spring of 2016. He is currently a senior at the University of Vermont studying computer science while minoring...
Sawyer Loftus
News Editor
Sawyer Loftus is the News Editor for the Vermont Cynic. He is a sophomore History major with a passion for News. He has interned in Vermont Public Radio's newsroom, doing digital reporting and production work for All Things Considered....
George Seibold
News Editor
George is a senior majoring in English with a minor in consumer and advertising. He has been a copy editor since he started attending UVM in 2015. George enjoys being well-informed about the current events going on at the Univ...
Alek Fleury
Photo Editor
Alek Fleury is an English and Political Science double major from New Jersey (the greatest place on earth). He dedicates most of his life to being the Photo Editor for the Vermont Cynic. Alek is also a part of UPlayer’s Thea...
Sophia Knappertz
Copy Chief
Sophia is the Copy Chief of the Vermont Cynic. She is a sophomore majoring in anthropology and global studies with a minor in German. She joined the Cynic her first year as a copy editor. She is also involved in the sorority Pi...