About

John Wetmore

John Wetmore

Background

  • Graduate of Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont (1971)
  • Married for 46 years; father of four children
  • Full-time resident of Woodstock, Vermont, for more than 38 years
  • Licensed Vermont Real Estate Broker since October 15, 1979

Teaching & Business

  • Teacher at Goddard College, Johnson State College, Vermont Community College, Stowe Preparatory School, and Castleton State College
  • Simultaneously owned and operated four retail stores in Vermont

Volunteer Activities

  • Created and taught a weekly Arts and Crafts program for detainees at the St. Johnsbury, Vermont Correctional Center
  • Regional Director of an annual fundraising drive for Public Television
  • Coach for Woodstock Farm League Baseball

Public Service

  • Twice elected to the Woodstock, Vermont Selectboard; elected Chairman by fellow Selectboard members
  • Twice elected Director of the Woodstock Elementary School Board
  • Member and elected Chairman of the Windsor County Supervisory Union School Board
  • Member of the Woodstock Conservation Commission
  • Twice elected Town of Woodstock Lister; elected Chairman of the Board of Listers by fellow Listers
  • Member of the Woodstock Planning Commission
  • Member of the Woodstock Recreation Center Board

Real Estate Career

  • Served on the Board of Directors of the Windsor County Board of Realtors
  • Twice appointed mediator for real estate cases by Windsor County Superior Court
  • Established a Sotheby's sales record for the New England region
  • Established Wetmore Buchheit Land and Estate Brokers in 2003, with a business model that contributes 10% of net profits to charitable causes; since transitioned into Wetmore Real Estate
  • Listed and sold the first in-house $6 million real estate transaction in Vermont
  • Selected by Laurence Rockefeller's advisors as the exclusive representative for Woodstock Resort Corporation real estate properties, maintaining that role for more than 20 years