Meet Our Founder

Coleen Hogan Krauss

[Coleen is pictured here, on the left, with one of the Directors of the Morning Star Bilingual School, Darly Ely]

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Coleen, the President and Founder of Inner Wisdom Foundation began her career by working in Honduras for five years, teaching and working within the community, after graduating from the Franciscan University with a BS in Elementary Education. Upon returning from an eye-opening experience in Honduras, Coleen worked as a teacher for more than 16 years in three states. The combination of Coleen’s experience working with struggling populations and working with local Honduran school children, has given her the importance ability to empathize, understand, and relate to many different kinds of people. Fluency in Spanish helps too. “Helping people”, Coleen says, is what makes her happy, and is her ultimate goal with Inner Wisdom Foundation. Alone, Coleen has hosted over 16 foreign exchange students over the course of seven years. While living in Virginia, she decided to pursue a graduate degree in Administration at Radford University. After receiving her advanced degree she began serving as a Principal for three years at a local Montpelier, Vermont School.

Coleen is married to former Senator of Washington County, Matt Krauss, and has 6 children and 6 grandchildren. They live in East Montpelier, Vermont. In addition to her work at the foundation, Coleen works for the State of Vermont as Director of Economic Development and Community Programs in the Office of Economic Stimulus and Recovery, she also teaches for Johnson State College and Community College of Vermont.