Family Background I was born into a military family in 1950; one of four children. The family moved on military assignments to Greece, North Carolina, Japan, and Pennsylvania before settling in Concord, MA where I attended high school.
Vermont Public Service
State Representative for Village Side of Colchester (CHI-20)
Elected November of 2016
Re-elected 2018, 2020 and 2022
Serves on the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions
Appointed to the House IT Advisory Committee (2017-18 session)
Colchester Public Service
Colchester School Board
Elected - March 2015
Re-elected - March 2017 and 2019
Colchester Town Governance Committee
Appointed by Select Board June 11th, 2013
Colchester State Representative
Elected - November 2016, 2018 and 2020
Lake Champlain Access Television Board
Selected to join the Board - 2015
Education History
Concord Carlisle High School, Concord, MA - 1968
Beloit College, BA - Political Science/Philosophy, Beloit, WI - 1972
Washington State University, BS – Computer Science, Pullman, WA 1985
A Varied Occupational History I have come a long way since I milked cows at the January dairy farm (now Colchester Paintball) on East Road, Colchester in 1974. In fact, since graduating from Beloit College in Wisconsin in 1972 I have enjoyed a remarkable variety of occupations:
The following begins in 1972 after graduation from college.
Public elementary school teacher – Essex Junction
Child Care worker – residential treatment center – Portland, OR
Teacher – Brooklea Farm Project, Upstate New York
Milker – January Farm - Colchester
Hamburger Maker – Big Deal (now Burger King) restaurant on Williston Rd.
Dairy Farm Help / Potato Picker – Sparbo, Norway
Assistant Manager – Big Deal restaurant on Williston Rd.
3rd Shift Computer Operator – Chittenden Trust – Burlington
Weekly newspaper reporter – Valdez, AK
Dairy Farm Help – Brattleboro
Computer Operator – Holstein Association – Brattleboro
Radio Announcer - Part time– WTSA Brattleboro
Dairy Farm Help – Weston, Vermont
*** 1980 Married
Lumber Mill Worker - All mill jobs from lumber stacker to hard wood grader – Whitney Farm Sawmill– West Brattleboro
Laboratory Animal Cage Cleaner – Washington State University – Pullman, WA
Computer Science student – Washington State University – B.S. Degree 1985
Computer Programmer – IBM – Boulder, Colorado
*** 1985 Daughter born
Sheep farmer/ father/ homemaker – Morgantown, WV
Computer Consultant – Bureau of Business Research, West Virginia University
Lecturer – Computer Science Department – University of Helsinki – Helsinki, Finland
Teacher at Community College/Homemaker – Puyallup, WA
Elementary School Teacher/ Software Developer/ Homemaker – Litchfield, MN
Computer Consultant/ Database Programmer – Colchester, VT
My varied background demonstrates the breadth of my interests and my willingness to take on new challenges and do the hard work required to begin a new path in life. As your representative I will listen to my constituents and draw upon my experiences in order to support the best decisions for Vermont’s future.