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Thanks to Former Commissioners

Vermont has often led the way in the advancement of progress for women and girls in our country, progress which would not have occurred had it not been for people working together, figuring out what needed to be done, how best to do it, and then making it happen.  VCW has served as the focal point for those gatherings since November of 1964, and it is the creativity, expertise, and energy of our Commissioners that drives our work.  To all who have served, thank you.

2020s

Lisa Senecal
Sarah Lang
Heidi Tringe
Kim Nolan*
Kerin Durfee
Delaney Courcelle
Lisa Ryan*
Nancy Brooks
Lisa Carlson
Ed Adrian
Erica Hare
Mary Daly
Rep. Emilie Kornheiser
Rep. Marybeth Redmond
Charlotte Dennett*
Kerry Secrest*
Marcia Merrill (Chair)*
          (* reappointed to serve multiple terms)

2010s

Ruth Finn
Rep. Carol Buchdahl*
Deborah Bucknam
Gretchen Bailey*
Eileen Boland*
Melinda Moulton
Colin Ryan
Danielle Martel*
Nancy E. LaVarnway
Rep. Lynn Batchelor
Laine Dunham*
Cathy Frey*
Jennie Gartner
Susie Hudson
Dr. Felicia Kornbluh
Shambulia Gadsden Sams
Rep. Marion Milne* 
Ariel Wengroff
Rep. Margaret "Peg" Martin
           (* reappointed to serve multiple terms)

2000s 

Sharon Baade
Joyce Barbieri
Cary Brown*
Ann Dávila Cardinal
Mary Claire Carroll*
Elayne Clift
Sen. Ann Cummings*
Retta Dunlap
Marie Duquette
Linda Fogg
Anne Ginevan
Bea Grause
Karen Henry*
Carin Hoffman
Anne McClaughry*
Mary Barrosse-Schwartz*
Elizabeth Sternberg*
Maureen Trudeau*
           (* reappointed to serve multiple terms)

1990s

Kate Baldwin
Tom Belville
Gary Boutin
Kimberly Brittenham
carolyn Brown, MD
Becky Jo Cook
Cheryl Dick
Lorna Edmundson
Tammy Fletcher
Kelley Beckwith Gilmour
Rep. Maxine Jo Grad (Chair)*
Timothy Hayward
Gary Hazard
Wanda Hines
Sharetha Marsicovetere*
Jennifer Matthews
Steve Mojica
Barbara Morrow*
Nancy Nystul
Rep. Lisa O’Neil
Elisabeth Robert
Marilyn Russell
Phyllis Soule
Joan Lawrence-Studebaker*
Janaki Natarjan Tschannerl
Margaret Tillile
Holly Willson
Victoria Young (Chair)*
Andrea Zentz
           (* reappointed to serve multiple terms)

1980s

Claire Anderson
Wanda Baril
Jennifer Barker
Anne Batten
Parker Brown
Sen. Mary Ann Carlson
Rhoda Carroll
Joanne Crisman
Judge Amy Davenport
Pat Davis
Sandy Dooley*
Claire Fern
Ann Fielder*
Robin Finnegan
Jean Flack
Dolly Fleming
Mary Fletcher
Jackie Folsom*
Billi Gosh (Chair)*
Edwin Grant
Linda Gray*
Marion Gray
Barbara Hammond
Anne Harroun
Joanne Hayes
Pat Heffernan*
Eunice Kinsey*
Arthur Kunin
Cynthia Laware
Allan Mackey*
Ellen Maloney
Diana Matthews
Donna Merrill
Wendy Morgan
Noreen O’Connor*
Dorothy Plue
Rep. Ann Pugh*
Anita Seymore
Evelyn Smith
David Wagner
Stephen Walke
Rev. Jane Wilson
Heather Wishik
Joann Wobby
Jennifer Woolger
Toby Young
William Young
           (* reappointed to serve multiple terms)

1970s

Alice Adams
Patricia Allen
Clifford Austin
Robert Babcock, Jr.
Bennet (Miriam) Bell
Roxy Bolton
Ruth Brooks
Charles Bucknam, Jr.
Judge Alan Cheever*
Robert Clark
Virginia Cowles
Shirley Crockett
Ann Cummings
Mrs. Dean C. Davis
Elizabeth Downer
Sandra Dragon
Claire Duke
Marion English
Martha Forsythe
Geraldine Garatoni
Grace Gibby
Gloria Gil (Chair)*
Gloria Graham
Sen. Margaret Hammond
Emma Harwood*
Theodore Herbert
Fay-Bond Hinrichs
Daniel Holland
Carole Howe
Kathleen Hoyt
Arthur Hughes
Martha Ide
Thomas James
Betty Jones (Chair)*
Diane Kessler
Rebecca Lambert
Iris Lash
Carol Matthews
Dorothy Maurice
Judy McEntyre (Chair)
Lenore McNeer (Chair)
Carolyn Miller*
Georgiana Miranda, Esq.
Mrs. Berl Morrill
Gretchen Morse
Phoebe Morse, Esq.
Jane Noury
Mrs. Frances Patry
Dorothy Purinton
Dorothy Quadland
Pamela Rampone
Shirley Rivard
Karen Kent Robinson (Chair)
Jeanne Sherman
Millie Small
Priscilla Smith
Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling
Richard Snelling
Dolores Stocker
Sylvia  Stock Mayer
Louise  Swainbank
Helena Ure
Jeanne Van Vlandren*
Aline Ward
Edward Willard
Mary Winslow
           (* reappointed to serve multiple terms)

1960s

Evelyn Bates
Helen Beckerhoff*
Matthew Burke
Col. W. J. Burke*
John Carl
John Carnahan
Beverly Cassara (Chair)
Patricia Chase
Ruth Colombo (Chair)
James Dempsey
Sister Mary Edmund
Mary Flory*
Julia Garfield
Stella Hackel*
Joan Harding
Bette Horton
Betty-Ann Kelley
Elizabeth Kelley*  
Mrs. Kirtland Keve*
Dean Thomas King
Gov. Madeleine Kunin*
Jean McKenney*
Mrs. Clement Moyse
Mrs. Don Munger
Jean McKenney
Maureen McNamara*
Alden Norton, Jr
Evelyn Patnod (Chair)*
Sister Rose Rowan
Rev. Wallace Short*
Rosemary Stark (Chair)Mrs. Wallace Turner
Blair Williams*
Mrs. Alfred Zeller*
           (* reappointed to serve multiple terms)

Original Commissioners - 1964

Evelyn Bates
Helen Beckerhoff
Matthew Burke
Col. W. J. Burke
Ruth Colombo
James Dempsey
Mary Flory
Julia Garfield
Stella Hackel
Joan Harding
Bette Horton
Betty-Ann Kelley
Elizabeth Kelley
Mrs. Kirtland Keve
Dean Thomas King
Madeleine Kunin
Mrs. Stanley McKenney
Maureen McNamara
Mrs. Clement Moyse
Mrs. Don Munger
Evelyn Patnod
Sister Rose Rowan
Rev. Wallace Short
Rosemary Stark
Mrs. Wallace Turner
Blair Williams
Mrs. Alfred Zeller