Sandy Haas

Sandy Haas

Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windsor-Rutland district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Personal details
Born	(1946-05-08) May 8, 1946 Orange, California
Nationality	American
Political party	Progressive
Spouse(s)	David Marmor
Profession	Lawyer, innkeeper

Sandy Haas (born May 8, 1946) is a Vermont lawyer and innkeeper. Since 2005 she has served as a Progressive Party member of the Vermont House of Representatives representing the Windsor-Rutland District.

Background

Haas was born on May 8, 1946, in Orange, California. She got her B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1968, and her J.D. from Boalt Hall in 1974. She moved to Rochester in Windsor County, Vermont in 1980, and lives there with her partner David Marmor. She is retired from her former private legal practice, and keeps The New Homestead Bed & Breakfast in Rochester.

Political career

She has been a member of Rochester's Planning Commission since 1982, and served as a Trustee of Public Funds for Rochester from 1987-2003. In 2004, she was elected to the House of Representatives, and has served in that capacity ever since. She is assigned to the Corrections Oversight, Human Services and Judicial Rules committees, and is the present party caucus leader of the Progressives in the House.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Education

Sandy Haas has received her education from the following institutions:

JD, University of California, Berkeley, 1974
BS, University of California, Berkeley, 1968^[4]

Political Experience

Sandy Haas has had the following political experience:

Representative, Vermont State House of Representatives, 2004–present
Progressive Leader, Vermont State House of Representatives, former^[4]

Current Legislative Committees

Sandy Haas has been a member of the following committees:

Government Accountability, Member
Human Services, Vice Chair
Judicial Rules, Member^[4]

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Sandy Haas has been a member of the following committees: Chair, Rochester Planning Commission Rochester Trustee of Public Funds, 1987-2003^[4]

Professional Experience

Sandy Haas has had the following professional experience:

Innkeeper, New Homestead Bed & Breakfast
Lawyer, Private Practice^[4]

Organizations

Sandy Haas has been a member of the following organizations:

Board Member, Clara Martin Center, 1982–98
Board Member, White River Valley Players, 1984-2005^[4]

References

↑ "Representative Sandy Haas (VT)" Project Vote Smart
↑ "Biographical Sketches of State Officers and Members of the General Assembly of 2013-2014" (PDF). Vermont Secretary of State.
↑ "Candidates: Sandy Haas for House: Windsor-Rutland 2" Vermont Progressive Party website
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Representative Sandy Haas's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 3 November 2012.

Members of the Vermont House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Shap Smith (D) Majority Leader: Willem Jewett (D) Minority Leader: Donald H. Turner (R) Progressive Leader: Christopher Pearson (P)

Betty Nuovo (D, Add.-1) Amy Sheldon (D, Add.-1) Willem Jewett (D, Add.-2) Diane Lanpher (D, Add.-3) Warren Van Wyck (R, Add.-3) Fred Baser (R, Add.-4) David Sharpe (D, Add.-4) Harvey Smith (R, Add.-5) Alyson Eastman (I, Add.-Rut.-1) Bill Botzow (D, Benn.-1) Timothy Corcoran II (D, Benn.-2-1) Rachael Fields (D, Benn.-2-1) Ruqaiyah Morris (D, Benn.-2-2) Mary Morrissey (R, Benn.-2-2) Alice Miller (D, Benn.-3) Steven Berry (D, Benn.-4) Cynthia Browning (D, Benn.-4) Patti Komline (R, Benn.-Rut.-1) Marcia Martel (R, Cal.-1) Joseph Troiano (D, Cal.-2) Scott Beck (R, Cal.-3) Janssen Willhoit (R, Cal.-3) Richard Lawrence (R, Cal.-4) Martha Feltus (R, Cal.-4) Kitty Beattie Toll (D, Cal.-Wash.-1) Anne Therea O'Brien (D, Chit.-1) Terence Macaig (D, Chit.-2) Jim McCullough (D, Chit.-2) William Frank (D, Chit.-3) George Till (D, Chit.-3) Mike Yantachka (D, Chit.-4-1) William J. Lippert (D, Chit.-4-2) Kate Webb (D, Chit.-5-1) Joan Lenes (D, Chit.-5-2) Joanna Cole (D, Chit.-6-1) Kurt Wright (R, Chit.-6-1) Jean O'Sullivan (D, Chit.-6-2) Jill Krowinski (D, Chit.-6-3) Curtis McCormack (D, Chit.-6-3) Christopher Pearson (P, Chit.-6-4) Kesha Ram (D, Chit.-6-4) Johannah Leddy Donovan (D, Chit.-6-5) Mary Sullivan (D, Chit.-6-5) Barbara Rachelson (D, Chit.-6-6) Clem Bissonnette (D, Chit.-6-7) Diana Gonzalez (P, Chit.-6-7) Martin LaLonde (D, Chit.-7-1) Ann Pugh (D, Chit.-7-2) Helen Head (D, Chit.-7-3) Maida Townsend (D, Chit.-7-4) Debbie Evans (D, Chit.-8-1) Linda Myers (R, Chit.-8-1) Tim Jerman (D, Chit.-8-2) Paul Dame (R, Chit.-8-2) Robert Bancroft (R, Chit.-8-3) Joey Purvis (R, Chit.-9-1) Jim Condon (D, Chit.-9-1) Patrick Brennan (R, Chit.-9-2) Maureen Dakin (D, Chit.-9-2) Ronald Hubert (R, Chit.-10) Donald H. Turner (R, Chit.-10) Constance Quimby (R, Ess.-Cal.) Paul Lefebvre (R, Ess.-Cal.-Orl.) Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R, Frank.-1) Barbara Murphy (I, Frank.-2) Kathleen Keenan (D, Frank.-3-1) Corey Parent (R, Frank.-3-1) Eileen Dickinson (R, Frank.-3-2) Marianna Gamache (R, Frank.-4) Brian K. Savage (R, Frank.-4) Stephen Beyor (R, Frank.-5) Albert Pearce (R, Frank.-5) Daniel Connor (D, Frank.-6) Larry Fiske (R, Frank.-7) Mitzi Johnson (D, G.I.-Chit.-1) Robert Krebs (D, G.I.-Chit.-1) Heidi Scheurermann (R, Lam.-1) Linda Martin (D, Lam.-2) Mark Woodward (D, Lam.-2) Bernard Juskiewicz (R, Lam.-3) Avram Patt (D, Lam.-Wash.) Shap Smith (D, Lam.-Wash.) Susan Davis (P, Oran.-1) Rodney Graham (R, Oran.-1) Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D, Oran.-2) Chip Conquest (D, Oran.-Cal.) Patsy French (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.) Marjorie Ryerson (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.) Lynn Batchelor (R, Orl.-1) Loren Shaw (R, Orl.-1) Gary Viens (R, Orl.-2) Michael Marcotte (R, Orl.-2) Vicki Strong (R, Orl.-Cal.) Sam Young (D, Orl.-Cal.) Mark Higley (R, Orl.-Lam.) Patricia McCoy (R, Rut.-1) Joseph Burditt (R, Rut.-2) Dave Potter (D, Rut.-2) William Canfield (R, Rut.-3) Robert Helm (R, Rut.-3) Thomas Terenzini (R, Rut.-4) Peter Fagan (R, Rut.-5-1) Lawrence Cupoli (R, Rut.-5-2) Herb Russell (D, Rut.-5-3) Douglas Gage (R, Rut.-5-4) Stephen Carr (D, Rut.-6) Butch Shaw (R, Rut.-6) Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (P, Rut.-Benn.) Job Tate (R, Rut.-Winds.-1) Dennis Devereux (R, Rut.-Winds.-2) Anne Donahue (R, Wash.-1) Patti Lewis (R, Wash.-1) Robert LaClair (R, Wash.-2) Francis McFaun (R, Wash.-2) Paul Poirier (I, Wash.-3) Tommy Walz (D, Wash.-3) Mary Hooper (D, Wash.-4) Warren F. Kitzmiller (D, Wash.-4) Tony Klein (D, Wash.-5) Janet Ancel (D, Wash.-6) Maxine Jo Grad (D, Wash.-7) Adam Greshin (I, Wash.-7) Rebecca Ellis (D, Wash.-Chit.) Tom Stevens (D, Wash.-Chit.) Michael Herbert (R, Windh.-1) Valerie Stewart (D, Windh.-2-1) Mollie S. Burke (P, Windh.-2-2) Tristan Toleno (D, Windh.-2-3) Carolyn Partridge (D, Windh.-3) Matthew A. Trieber (D, Windh.-3) David Deen (D, Windh.-4) Mike Mrowicki (D, Windh.-4) Emily Long (D, Windh.-5) Ann Manwaring (D, Windh.-6) Laura Sibilia (I, Windh.-Benn.) Oliver Olsen (I, Windh.-Benn.-Winds.) Jon Batholomew (D, Winds.-1) Donna Sweaney (D, Winds.-1) Mark Huntley (D, Winds.-2) Leigh Dakin (D, Winds.-3-1) Alice Emmons (D, Winds.-3-2) Robert Forguites (D, Winds.-3-2) Teo Žagar (D, Winds.-4-1) Kevin Christie (D, Winds.-4-2) Gabrielle Lucke (D, Winds.-4-2) Alison H. Clarkson (D, Winds.-5) Sarah Buxton (D, Winds.-Oran.-1) Timothy Briglin (D, Winds.-Oran.-2) Jim Masland (D, Winds.-Oran.-2) Sandy Haas (P, Winds.-Rut.)

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