Vermont State Senate
115 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-5301
2439 Iron Gate Road
Cambridge, VT 05444
Full Name:
Richard A. Westman
Gender:
Male
Family:
Partner: Joan
Birth Date:
03/13/1959
Birth Place:
Burlington, VT
Home City:
Cambridge, VT
Religion:
Protestant
BA, Political Science and Public Policy, Johnson State College, 1982
Senator, Vermont State Senate, District Lamoille, 2011-present
Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Lamollie, 2022
Tax Commissioner, State of Vermont, 2009-2010
Representative, Vermont State House of Representatives, District Lamoille-4, 1982-2009
Minority Leader, Vermont State House of Representatives, 1993-1996
Assistant Minority Leader, Vermont State House of Representatives, 1989-1992
Member, Agriculture Committee
Clerk, Appropriations Committee
Member, Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Canvassing
Member, Joint Committee on Health Reform Oversight
Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Child Protection Oversight
Member, Joint Fiscal Committee
Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Vermont State Senate
Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Health and Welfare Committee, Vermont State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Member, Municipal Corporations and Elections Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Transportation Committee, Vermont State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, Vermont State Senate
Director, Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Campaign Coordinator, Vermont Republican Party, 1987-1988
Chair, Board of Management, Second Congregational UCC Jeffersonville
Former Member, Board of Trustees, University of Vermont
Board Member, Cambridge Planning Commision
Member, Cambridge Republican Town Committee
Member, Cambridge Rotary
Member, Cambridge United Church
Board Member, Copley Hospital
Member, Fletcher Grange Number 473
Board Member, Johnson State College Alumni Council
Member, Lamoille County Republican Committee
Board Member, Lamoille Court Diversion
Board Member, Lamoille Home Health and Hospice
Member, Smuggler's Notch Area Chamber of Commerce
Former Board Member, Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
Former Board Member, Vermont Center for the Book
Board Member, Vermont Electric Cooperative
Board Member, Vermont Public Program for Quality in Health Care, Incorporated