David Coates is a Director of National Life Group and was elected to the Board in 1993. Coates, a retired managing partner of KPMG's Burlington, Vermont, office, also held several key leadership positions at the New England Culinary Institute. Coates is a member of the Vermont District Advisory Board of Key Bank; Director of Green Mountain Power Corp., A.N. Deringer, Inc., Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company, New England Guaranty Insurance Company, Inc. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and director of the Fletcher Allen Health Care Foundation. Coates was elected as the Vermont Chamber's Citizen of the Year in August of 2003. He is a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, the Governor's Advisory Board for Economic Development, the Vermont Debt Affordability Advisory Committee, the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank and the American Institute of CPAs.

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