Thomas Chittenden (Vermont state senator) explained

Thomas Ira Chittenden
Office:Member of the Vermont Senate
Term Start:January 6, 2021
Alongside:Kesha Ram Hinsdale and Ginny Lyons
Predecessor:Tim Ashe
Debbie Ingram
Constituency:Chittenden (2021–2023)
Chittenden Southeast (2023–Present)
Birth Date:8 October 1977
Birth Place:South Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Kimberly Chittenden
Children:3

Thomas Ira Chittenden (born October 8, 1977) is an American politician from Vermont and a member of the Vermont Democratic Party. He was elected as a Vermont State Senator on November 3, 2020[1] as one of the six senators representing Chittenden County.[2] He is a South Burlington City Councilor (2015 to present) serving in his third term.[3] He has also been twice elected by the faculty of the University of Vermont to serve as their Faculty Senate President (2019–2020).[4] He also served as the Chair and Vice Chair of Green Mountain Transit Authority (2015–2020).

His Vermont family lineage traces nine generations back to Bethuel Chittenden, the brother of Vermont's first governor Thomas Chittenden and he lives in the Chittenden family home in South Burlington with Chittenden land deeds tracing to 1836.

He was the 2019 UVM Grossman School of Business Faculty Member of the Year[5] and in 2017 was awarded the UVM Presidents Distinguished Lecturer Award.[6] He is the father of three children attending public school and married to Kimberly Chittenden who teaches in the Colchester School District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Republican wins Rutland County seat; new senators in Chittenden County. November 4, 2020.
  2. Web site: Senator Thomas Chittenden. 2021-01-10. legislature.vermont.gov.
  3. Web site: City Council.
  4. Web site: History of the UVM Faculty Senate.
  5. Web site: Dean's Staff & Faculty Awards.
  6. Web site: Thomas Chittenden, MBA – 2017 President's Distinguished Lecturer Award.