A veteran affordable housing advocate, tech entrepreneur, and the owner of the Sleep Woodstock Motel in West Woodstock has been chosen as the newest member of the Woodstock Selectboard.
Cliff Johnson is the Woodstock Selectboard’s newest member. Photo Provided
Cliff Johnson was tabbed for the post in a unanimous 4-0 vote by remaining town selectpersons Ray Bourgeois, Keri Cole, Susan Ford, and Laura Powell at a special board meeting convened on Monday afternoon. Johnson replaces selectperson Greg Fullerton, who stepped down at the end of last month to assume the full-time, paid post of director of public works for Woodstock.
The selection of Johnson, who lives with his family on South Brook Way off Route 106 in Woodstock, was made in executive session early Monday evening following public interviews with six candidates who applied for the vacant selectboard slot. In addition to Johnson, the other applicants interviewed by the selectboard on Monday included Joe Dinatale, Norm Frates, Roger Logan, Clayton Reed, and Chris Williamson.
Johnson will assume his new role on the Woodstock Selectboard at the governing body’s next meeting. Fullerton’s three-year term on the board was set to expire in 2027, and Johnson will need to run to serve the final year of the term at Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
