Katherine Sims Explained

Katherine Sims
Office1:	Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Orleans-4 district
Term Start1:	2021
Birth Place:	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.^[1]
Party:	Democratic
Education:	Yale University (BA)^[2]
Children:	2

Katherine Sims is an American politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2021.^[3]

Early life and career

Katherine Sims was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's in history. She is married to Jeff Fellinger and has two kids.

In 2007, she founded the nonprofit Green Mountain Farm-to-School, which advocated for local farms and childhood nutrition.^[4] In 2017 she was hired as Director of the Northeast Kingdom Collaborative.^[5]

Vermont House of Representatives

In 2020, Katherine Sims ran for one of the two House seats for the ORL-CAL legislative district after Samuel Young announced his leave.

In 2022, with the redistricting, ORL-CAL went from a seven town, multimember district, to the Orleans-4 district with four towns, and two incumbents running for one seat. Sims won with 61% of the votes.^[6]

Vermont Senate

On April 29, 2024, Sims announced her candidacy for Vermont Senate, following the news of retirement from Robert A. Starr. ^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katherine Sims Biography. 2021-06-29. Vote Smart.
2. Web site: Katherine Sims . Washington Post . 31 August 2022.
3. Web site: Representative Katherine Sims, 2021-2022 . 2021-06-29. Vermont Legislature.
4. Web site: Representative Katherine Sims . 2023-11-12 . legislature.vermont.gov.
5. Web site: About . 2023-11-12 . Katherine Sims for House . en-US.
6. Web site: Katherine Sims . 2023-11-12 . Ballotpedia . en.
7. Web site: Katherine Sims announces state senate run at Westfield event . 2024-04-29 . Newport Dispatch . en.