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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attending, Masters in Energy and Regulatory Law, Vermont Law School, 2018-present
  • Attended, Bread Loaf Writers Program, Middlebury College, 1990
  • PhD Candidate, Linguistics, Brown University, 1985-1987
  • MA, English, University of Vermont, 1982-1985
  • Attended, English Literature, University of Oxford, 1984
  • BA, Zoology, University of Vermont, 1973-1977

Professional Experience

  • Attending, Masters in Energy and Regulatory Law, Vermont Law School, 2018-present
  • Attended, Bread Loaf Writers Program, Middlebury College, 1990
  • PhD Candidate, Linguistics, Brown University, 1985-1987
  • MA, English, University of Vermont, 1982-1985
  • Attended, English Literature, University of Oxford, 1984
  • BA, Zoology, University of Vermont, 1973-1977
  • Founder/Owner, Common Ground Communications, Limited Liability Company, 1990-present
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, Apple Computer
  • Founder, Fair Trade Vermont
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, Intel
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, National Life of Vermont
  • English Professor, University of Vermont
  • Interim Executive Vice President/Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Vermont Coffee Company, 2010-2011

Political Experience

  • Attending, Masters in Energy and Regulatory Law, Vermont Law School, 2018-present
  • Attended, Bread Loaf Writers Program, Middlebury College, 1990
  • PhD Candidate, Linguistics, Brown University, 1985-1987
  • MA, English, University of Vermont, 1982-1985
  • Attended, English Literature, University of Oxford, 1984
  • BA, Zoology, University of Vermont, 1973-1977
  • Founder/Owner, Common Ground Communications, Limited Liability Company, 1990-present
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, Apple Computer
  • Founder, Fair Trade Vermont
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, Intel
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, National Life of Vermont
  • English Professor, University of Vermont
  • Interim Executive Vice President/Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Vermont Coffee Company, 2010-2011
  • Senator, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2012-present
  • Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2020
  • Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
  • Representative, Vermont State House of Representatives, District Addison-5, 2006-2010
  • Candidate, Vermont State Lieutenant Governor, 2010

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Education Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Chair, Joint Legislative Information Technology Committee, Vermont State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Government Operations

Member, Joint Committee on Energy

Member, Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules

Chair, Natural Resources and Energy

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attending, Masters in Energy and Regulatory Law, Vermont Law School, 2018-present
  • Attended, Bread Loaf Writers Program, Middlebury College, 1990
  • PhD Candidate, Linguistics, Brown University, 1985-1987
  • MA, English, University of Vermont, 1982-1985
  • Attended, English Literature, University of Oxford, 1984
  • BA, Zoology, University of Vermont, 1973-1977
  • Founder/Owner, Common Ground Communications, Limited Liability Company, 1990-present
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, Apple Computer
  • Founder, Fair Trade Vermont
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, Intel
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
  • Former Project Manager/Developer, National Life of Vermont
  • English Professor, University of Vermont
  • Interim Executive Vice President/Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Vermont Coffee Company, 2010-2011
  • Senator, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2012-present
  • Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2020
  • Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
  • Representative, Vermont State House of Representatives, District Addison-5, 2006-2010
  • Candidate, Vermont State Lieutenant Governor, 2010
  • Delegate, Agriculture and Energy Committee, National Council of State Legislators (NCSL)
  • Former Co-Chair, Biomass Energy Development Working Group
  • Member, Board of Civil Authority, New Haven
  • Founder, Farm to Plate
  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Fire and Rescue Squad
  • Member, Governor's Dairy Task Force
  • Board Chair, Middlebury Area Land Trust
  • Member, Middlebury Rotary Club
  • Justice of the Peace, New Haven, Vermont
  • Chair, Rural Economic Development Working Group
  • Board Member, United Way of Addison County
  • Member, Vermont Forestry Study Group
  • Former Secretary, Vermont Milk Commission
  • Delegate, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee, National Council of State Legislatures, 2016
  • Member, Board of Advisors, Division of Continuing Education, University of Vermont, 2011-2015
  • Trustee, Division of Continuing Education, University of Vermont, 2009-2015
  • Member, Professional Responsibility Board, Supreme Court of Vermont, 2012
  • Participant, Vermont Leadership Institute, Governor Richard Snelling Center for Government, 2006
  • President/Trustee, Middlebury Area Land Trust, 1993-1999