Elected & Appointed Alums

Leaders All.

Emerge Vermont trained women are in office in unprecedented numbers and are changing the face of Vermont government at every level. Today, 45% of Vermont legislators are women—the highest ever. Today there are 5 women of color in the Legislature—the same number that has served in all of Vermont history—and 4 of them are affiliated with Emerge Vermont. Currently alums from our Signature Training Program and bootcamps, as well as women who attended one-day workshops, hold a total of 123 elected or appointed statewide, legislative, and local offices all over Vermont.

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Federal

Becca Balint — U.S. House of Representatives

Statewide

Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas

Attorney General Charity Clark

Legislators (42)

Julia Andrews — State House, Chittenden-25 (2023-24 biennium)

Angela Arsenault — State House, Chittenden-2 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium) & Champlain Valley Union School Board & Justice of the Peace, Williston

Sarita Austin — State House, Chittenden-19 & Justice of the Peace, Colchester

Daisy Berbeco — State House, Chittenden-21 (2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, Winooski

Alyssa Black — State House, Chittenden-24 & Justice of the Peace, Westford

Tiffany Bluemle — State House, Chittenden-13

Michelle Bos-Lun — State House, Windham-3

Jana Brown — State House, Chittenden-1

Jessica Brumsted — State House, Chittenden-7

Tesha Buss — State House, Windsor-5 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium)

Ela Chapin — State House, Washington-5 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium)

Sara Coffey — State House, Windham-1

Mari Cordes — State House, Addison-4

Leonora Dodge — State House, Chittenden-23 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, Essex

Karen Dolan — State House, Chittenden-22

Kari Dolan — State House, Washington-2

Chea Evans — State House, Chittenden-5 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, Charlotte

Rey Garofano — State House, Chittenden-23 & Justice of the Peace, Essex

Leslie Goldman — State House, Windham-3 & Justice of the Peace, Bellows Falls

Edye Graning — State House, Chittenden-3 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium) & Mt. Mansfield Union School Board

Martine Gulick — State Senate, Chittenden County (2023-24 biennium) & Burlington School District Board

Ruth Hardy — State Senate, Addison County

Wendy Harrison — State Senate, Windham County (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium)

Kesha Ram Hinsdale — State Senate, Chittenden County

Rebecca Holcombe — State House, Windsor-Orange-2 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium)

Kathleen James — State House, Bennington-4

Stephanie Jerome — State House, Rutland-9

Emilie Kornheiser — State House, Windham-7

Emilie Krasnow — State House, Chittenden-9 (2023-24 biennium)

Jill Krowinski — State House, Chittenden-16; Speaker of the House

Kate Lalley — State House, Chittenden-6 (2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, Shelburne

Saudia LaMont — State House, Lamoille-Washington (2023-24 biennium)

Josie Leavitt — State House, Grand Isle-Chittenden (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium) & Selectboard, Grand Isle

Kate McCann — State House, Washington-4 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium)

Kate Nugent — State House, Chittenden-10 (2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, South Burlington

Carol Ode — State House, Chittenden-18

Monique Priestley — State House, Orange-2 (2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, Bradford

Katherine Sims — State House, Orleans-4

Gabrielle Stebbins — State House, Chittenden-13

Dara Torre — State House, Washington-2 (workshop trainee; 2023-24 biennium)

Anne Watson — State Senate, Washington County (2023-24 biennium) & Mayor of Montpelier

Becca White — State House, Windsor-4-2 & State Senate, Windsor County (2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, Wilder

Local Elected Office (28)

Ellen Arrowsmith — Justice of the Peace, Underhill

Tara Arneson — Champlain Valley Union School District Board

Ellie Beckett — Planning Commissioner & Justice of the Peace, Williston

Emel Campbell — City Council, Barre

Brenda Churchill — Justice of the Peace, Bakersfield

Jo Sabel Courtney — Selectboard, Stowe 

Cate Cross — Selectboard, Shelburne

Greta D’Agostino — Selectboard, Williston & Justice of the Peace, Williston

Betsy Dunn — Justice of the Peace, Essex

Dawn Ellis — Justice of the Peace, Burlington

Edee Edwards — Selectboard, Halifax

Mary Erdei — Selectboard, Hartford

Ceilidh Galloway-Kane — Selectboard, Hardwick

Kate Gehring — West River Education District Board & Justice of the Peace, Williamstown

Carmen George — Justice of the Peace, Burlington 

Izzy Gogarty — Selectboard, Middlebury

Amanda Gustin — Justice of the Peace, Barre City

Elaine Haney — City Council & Justice of the Peace, Essex Junction

Julie Hulburd — Justice of the Peace, Colchester

Debbie Ingram — Justice of the Peace, Williston

Alyssa Johnson — Selectboard, Waterbury

Zoe Kaslow — City Council, Vergennes

Hannah King — City Council, Burlington

Diane Kirson-Glitman — Mt. Mansfield School Union School Board

Pelin Kohn ‚ City Council, Montpelier

Christy Liddy, Lamoille North Supervisory Union Board & Justice of the Peace, Cambridge

Kate MacLean — Chelsea Selectboard

Denise MacMartin — Justice of the Peace, Northfield

Seton McIlroy — Board of Trustees, Village of Woodstock 

Elizabeth McLoughlin — Selectboard, Brattleboro 

Gina Ottoboni — Selectboard, Chittenden 

Haley Pero — Justice of the Peace, Barre City

Julie Raboin — Justice of the Peace, Newport

Jill Remick — Montpelier-Roxbury School District Board 

Cecil Reniche-Smith — Selectboard, Brandon

Kelsey Root-Winchester  — Blue Mountain Union School District Board 

Samn Stockwell — City Council, Barre

Anna Tadio — Board of Aldermen, Rutland

Laura Taylor — Essex Westford School District Board

Sarah Tischler — Selectboard, St. George 

Havah Walther — Hartford School District

Thea Wurzburg — Justice of the Peace, Winooski

Judicial & Criminal Justice

Sarah George — State’s Attorney, Chittenden County 

Angela Lawrence — High Bailiff, Windham County (2023-24 biennium) & Justice of the Peace, Dummerston

Madeline Motta — Assistant Judge, Lamoille County

Gubernatorial Appointments

Esther Charlestin — Vermont Commission on Women

Brenda Churchill — Vermont Commission on Women

Dawn Ellis — Vermont Human Rights Commission

Christine Hallquist — Executive Director, Vermont Community Broadband Board

June Heston — Governor’s Veterans Advisory Council

Alex Hilliard — Vermont Commission on Women

Julie Hulburd — Cannabis Control Board

Julie Moore — Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

Kiah Morris — Vermont Commission on Women

Katherine Sims — Telecommunications & Connectivity Advisory Board

Stephanie Wobby — Governor’s Veterans Advisory Council

Havah Walther — Vermont Council on Developmental Disabilities