Experience
Experience
State Government Experience
- Vermont Secretary of State 2011-to present
- Vermont State Senate: Represented Chittenden County 2001-2008
- Senate Committee Chair: Senate Government Operations, Senate Education
- Chaired special committees:
- No Child Left Behind
- Legislative Information Technology
- Senate Committee Member:
- Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs
- Senate Finance Committee
- Senate Institutions Committee
- Committee on Economic Recovery & Opportunity
- Senate Re-Apportionment Committee 2002
- Joint Housing Committee
Local Government Experience
- South Burlington City Council (1989-2007)
- Chairperson (1999-2007)
- V-Chair (1995-1998)
- South Burlington Zoning Board (1988-1989)
Regional Government Experience
- Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization (1999-2008)
- Chair/V-Chair (2000-2004)
- Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (2001-2003)
- Chittenden County Transportation Authority (2000-2001)
- Chittenden Solid Waste District: Member (1990-2006)
- Vice-Chair (1991-1999)
Statewide Organizational Membership & Participation
- Vermont Public Transit Advisory Council (2000-2005)
- Vermont League of Cities & Towns, Board of Directors (1999-2005)
- Finance, Administration, Intergovernmental Relations Policy Committee
- Transportation Policy Committee
- Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Government Affairs Committee (2009-2010)
National Organization Membership & Participation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Elections Infrastructure Governing Council (2017, 2018)
- National Association of Secretaries of State , 2011- to present
- President (07/2018 – 07/2019)
- President-elect (07/2017 – 07/2018)
- Executive Board (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
- Co-chair State Heritage Committee
- Co-chair Elections Committee
- Business Identity Theft Task Force
- Corporations Beneficial Ownership Task Force
- Council of State Governments (CSG)
- National Policy Committee on Overseas & Military Voting (2014 – 2015)
- National League of Cities (NLC)
- NLC Board of Directors (2005-2006)
- NLC Advisory Committee (2007)
- NLC Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Steering Committee (2002-2006)
- NLC Clean Air Task Force (2002)
- NLC Immigration Task Force (2006-2007)
Professional Employment & Education
- Vermont Gas Systems, Inc., South Burlington, Vermont (1998 – 2010)
- Manager, Government and Community Relations (2008-2010)
- Manager, Public Affairs (2002-2008)
- Manager, Marketing (1998-2002)
- Dowling’s Distributors Milton, Vermont, Sales Manager (1995-1998)
- Warner Lambert Company, Northeast Division, (Vermont-based), Account Manager (1978-1995)
- University of Vermont, B.S. in Resource Economics (1974)
