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 8 years, V-Chair 3 years
- 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
- National Association of Secretaries of State , 2011- to present
Executive Board (2013, 2014, 2015)
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
