| Mike Pieciak | |
| Office: | 31st Treasurer of Vermont |
| Governor: | Phil Scott |
| Term Start: | January 5, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Beth Pearce |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Partner: | Will Holder |
| Education: | Union College (BA) University of Miami (JD) |
| Signature: | Mike Pieceak Signature.png |
Michael S. Pieciak (pronounced p-check) (born June 21, 1983) is an American politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, Pieciak has served as Vermont State Treasurer since January 2023.
Michael Sullivan Pieciak was born in Brattleboro, Vermont on June 21, 1983, a son of Joseph S. and Carolyn (Sullivan) Pieciak.[1] [2] He attended the schools of Brattleboro and is a 2002 graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts.[2] [3] He graduated from Union College in 2006, where he played on the football team.[4] Pieciak was a volunteer staffer at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and was a Hillary Clinton delegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.[2]
In 2009, Pieciak earned his Juris Doctor degree summa cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law.[5] While in law school, he was the 2008–2009 editor-in-chief of the Miami Law Review and a member of the Miami Moot Court Board.[6] In addition, he interned at the school's Children and Youth Law Clinic.[6] Pieciak was also inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society and joined the Phi Delta Phi honor society.[6]
Pieciak was admitted to the bar in 2011 and became an associate at the Downs Rachlin and Martin law firm in Burlington.[7] [8] In 2012, he managed the reelection campaign of William Sorrell, the Vermont Attorney General.[5] He subsequently practiced mergers and acquisitions law with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City.[4] [9]
In February 2014, Pieciak joined the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation when Governor Peter Shumlin appointed him as deputy commissioner of the securities division.[9] Shumlin appointed him as commissioner in July 2016 and Governor Phil Scott reappointed him in January 2017.[10] [11] In 2020, Scott appointed Pieciak to his COVID response leadership team.[12] Pieciak resigned as DFR commissioner in April 2022.[13]
In May 2022, incumbent state treasurer Beth Pearce announced that she would not run for reelection.[14] A few days later, Pieciak announced that he would be a candidate in the 2022 Vermont elections.[14] After winning the Democratic nomination, he faced Republican H. Brooke Paige in the general election.[15] Pieciak defeated Paige, 62% to 33%.[15] He took office in January 2023.[16] Pieciak won a second two-year term in November 2024.[17]
Pieciak and his partner, Will Holder, live in Winooski.[18]