Helen Riehle | |
State Senate: | Vermont |
State: | Vermont |
District: | Chittenden |
Term Start: | March 2016 |
Term End: | January 6, 2017 |
Predecessor: | Diane Snelling |
Successor: | Debbie Ingram Christopher Pearson |
Term Start1: | January 1993 |
Term End1: | January 2001 |
State House2: | Vermont |
Term Start2: | 11 February 1983[1] |
Term End2: | January 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Theodore Riehle |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 5 May 1950 |
Birth Place: | Somerville, New Jersey, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of Vermont (BS) |
Occupation: | Middle School Teacher |
Residence: | South Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
Spouse: | Theodore |
Children: | 3 |
Helen Riehle is an American politician from the state of Vermont who served as a U.S. Republican Party member of the Vermont Senate, representing all of Chittenden County except for the town of Colchester. She is chair of the South Burlington City Council and resides in that city. Having previously served in both the State House and Senate, she was appointed by Governor Peter Shumlin in March 2016 to succeed Diane Snelling, who had earlier resigned.[2]