Ruth Hardy's Biography
- State Senate (VT) - Addison, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
Vermont State Senate
115 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-5301
Post Office Box 343
East Middlebury, VT 05740
Full Name:
Ruth Hardy
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Jason; 3 Children: Greta, Anya, Walter
Home City:
East Middlebury, VT
MPA, University of Texas at Austin, 1994-1996
BA, American Government and Politics, Oberlin College, 1988-1992
Senator, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2019-present
Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2022
Member, Finance Committee
Chair, Government Operations Committee
Member, Health and Welfare Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Canvassing
Former Clerk, Agriculture Committee, Vermont State Senate
Former Member, Education Committee, Vermont State Senate
Former Executive Director, Open Door Clinic
Executive Director, Emerge Vermont, 2015-2019
Director of Government Grants, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, 2014-2015
Assistant Budget Director, Middlebury College, 2007-2013
Executive Director, Community Health Services of Addison County, 2002-2005
Project Administrator, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002
Public Policy Research Consultant, Southern Regional Education Board, 2000-2001
Education Policy and Finance Analyst, Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 1996-2000
Interim Policy and Budget Coordinator, Technology for Educational Achievement in Wisconsin Board, 1998
Policy Analysis Fellow, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1995
Administrative Assistant, University of Minnesota, 1992-1994
Co-Founder, Middlebury Women for Democracy, 2013-present
Leader/Volunteer Organizer, Arbor Day and School Tree Planting, 2007-present
Board Member, Middlebury Parks & Recreation, 2004-present
Former Chair, Finance Committee, Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU)
Former Board Member, Mary Johnson Children's Center
Former Board Member, Middlebury Cooperative Nursery School
Former Chair, Middlebury Mary Hogan School Board
Former Board Member, Otter Creek Child Center
Former Co-Chair, Unification Charter Committee, Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU)
Chair, Middlebury Independent #4 School Board, 2013-2017
Participant, Vermont Leadership Institute, Governor Richard Snelling Center for Government, 2012-2013
Member, Middlebury Independent #4 School Board, 2010-2011
Board Member/Volunteer, Addison County Early Childhood Programs, 2002-2007