I am committed to protecting Vermont workers and small businesses from interests that seek to use powerful tools like AI and algorithms to manipulate markets and our political system.
Vermonters deserve livable wages, affordable healthcare, and childcare and eldercare options that work for families and employers.
I support the creation of more employment opportunities here, and throughout the state. To make employment opportunities successful, we need to ensure that housing, transportation, health care, and education are stable, accessible, and affordable.
We need leaders who will protect what we love: Small businesses, farms, and natural beauty. Let’s make sure we have an economy that works for all of us.
Our Property Tax system is broken — unfair and unaffordable. We can deliver high-quality education, from pre-k to college, that is affordable and sustainable if we have strong, collaborative leadership in Montpelier.
I will contribute my experience in team efforts and work with others to create real and positive reforms. The world is rapidly changing, and education needs to meet all kinds of new challenges — from AI and media literacy to helping kids with extraordinary challenges at home be ready to learn and grow.
I will be a voice for students and families, educators and supporting staff, and see that schools, early learning, and post secondary options for students continue to be creative in what they offer and how, and that they are sustainably supported here in Vermont.
I will support efforts to ensure more equitable and inclusive learning environments and curricula development especially for students with disabilities and students of color. We must reinforce our education system and achieve the best outcomes possible for our students — but we won’t get there if Vermonters are crushed by their tax bills.
Throughout my career, the need for safe, truly affordable housing has been clear.
It’s good that there has been investment in restoring existing structures and building new housing in communities like St. Albans, but it is essential that state decision-makers continue to grapple with responsible development, landlord-tenant concerns that limit housing availability, and better, more successful options to support folks without housing. I will:
Work to see that more buildings can be refurbished for rent or sale
Support the construction of more safe, affordable, accessible housing, especially within walking/biking/public transportation distances of resources like grocery stores, medical care, recreation, etc.
Solicit input from housing stakeholder and advocacy groups to act upon their expertise as to what works, and see that we fund both short term solutions to immediate housing needs and longer range plans
We need to better accommodate individuals and families who are here already, and we need to attract new people to Vermont to enhance our workforce and diversify our populations, especially as we age.
St. Albans has shown that you can build sustainably and ensure there are more housing options for Vermonters at every stage of life.
We can make that easier at the same time we protect the land and waters we love.
I have personally and professionally experienced the gaps in a system of care that cannot keep up with patients' needs.
There are real barriers to care, from insurance and prescription issues and the real cost of medical care, to locating and getting a timely appointment with a provider, especially a specialist.
Elders and people with disabilities are particularly challenged to find affordable, accessible healthcare that is responsive to their needs, and these populations are growing.
I am eager to work on bills that:
Protect our rural healthcare systems
Defend Vermonters from rising prices
Promote patient and family-centered care and universal access to primary care
Ensure that Vermont is attracting and keeping health and mental health providers
We can provide better healthcare that is accessible and affordable for our community.