| Sally Fox | |
| Birth Name: | Sally Gail Fox |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Death Place: | South Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
| State Senate1: | Vermont |
| District1: | Chittenden |
| Term Start1: | 2011 |
| Term End1: | January 10, 2014 |
| State House2: | Vermont |
| District2: | Chittenden County |
| Term Start2: | 1987 |
| Term End2: | 2001 |
| Spouse: | Michael Sirotkin |
| Profession: | Attorney |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) University at Buffalo Law School (JD) |
| Children: | 2 |
Sally Gail Fox (January 30, 1951 - January 10, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician.
Sally Fox was born on January 30, 1951, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Philip and Delores Fox.[1] [2] [3] Fox received a bachelor's degree in social work from University of Wisconsin - Madison and a Juris Doctor degree from University at Buffalo Law School.[4]
Fox met Michael Sirotkin while taking a class in preparation for the Colorado bar exam.[5] They married on October 7, 1979.[3] Fox and Sirotkin moved to Vermont when Sirotkin received a job offer there.[5]
Prior to entering politics, Fox worked as an attorney for the Vermont Disabilities Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid.[3] [2]
A Democrat, Fox represented Chittenden County in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1987 to 2001.[2] Fox then began serving in the Vermont State Senate from 2011.[2] Outside of politics, Fox was the director of Family Courts for the Judiciary of Vermont.[2] She was also Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility's director of policy.[2] Fox coordinated the City of Burlington's Offender Reentry Program, and she was Vermont State Colleges' governmental affairs director.[2]
On January 10, 2014, after a two-year battle with a rare form of lung cancer, Fox died in South Burlington, Vermont.[2] Fox's husband, Michael Sirotkin, was appointed to take Fox's place in the Vermont Senate.[6] [7]