Meet Robin

I moved to Middlebury from Boston in 1992 with my husband, our two children, aged 3 and 6, and two dogs. Everyone had a new job or a new school to attend so it was a big change for all of us. I had worked for many years at Bank of Boston and went to work for its subsidiary, Bank of Vermont. My husband Ted was an elementary school teacher in Shelburne. Our kids went to Mary Hogan and Quarry Hill.

In the 34 years we've lived in Middlebury, I have been very active in public and nonprofit service. Locally, I have chaired the Mary Hogan school board, chaired the United Way board, was on the first Middlebury Conservation Committee, and was Treasurer of the Middlebury Natural Foods Coop board. I was also Interim Executive Director of the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) and the Addison County Solid Waste Management District.

For 9 years, through December 2017, I was the Executive Director of the Addison County Economic Development Corporation. It was a joy to help small businesses grow, succeed, and thrive. Our local businesses are working hard to be successful and do well by their employees. 

At the state level, I was Chair of both the Vermont Land Trust and Smart Growth Vermont boards. I was appointed for 5 years to the Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) and was a board member of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center. I also served as Treasurer on the board of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund.

In the legislature, I serve as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee which appropriates money and establishes the budget for the State of Vermont. In this capacity, I also serve on the Emergency Board, the Joint Fiscal Committee, the Health Reform Oversight Committee, and the Joint Transportation Oversight Committee.

I am also a member of the Vermont Climate Solutions Caucus and the Women’s Caucus. In 2017, I was nominated by the Speaker and subsequently accepted to the Emerging Leaders Program of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation. In 2019, I was selected as a Toll Fellow, one of the nation’s premier leadership development programs for state government officials and run by the Council of State Governments (CSG). I am currently co-chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Budgeting Working Group.