Vermont General Assembly Members, 2007
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VERMONT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON-3-3
PATRICIA A. MCDONALD
of Berlin, Washington County, Republican, was born in Summit, New Jersey, on July 8, 1943, and moved to Vermont in 1988, after working for nineteen years at CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, a leading manufacturer headquartered in Ardsley, New York. After relocating to Vermont, she spent three and a half years with the Merchants Bank and served in the capacity of Vice-President, Human Resources and Regulatory Management. In 1991, she was appointed Commissioner of Personnel by Governor Richards Snelling. She then served Governors Howard Dean and James Douglas in several leadership positions: Commissioner of Labor, Commissioner of Employment and Training, Secretary of Transportation, Deputy Commissioner of Education, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and Commission of Personnel, a position she held twice. Ms. McDonald has served on numerous task forces, boards and committees, such as the Vermont Employment Security Board, State Apprenticeship Council, Governor's Workforce Diversity and Equity Council, Governor's Jobs Cabinet, Human Resources Investment Council and the State Employees Retirement Board. She is the Chair of the Berlin Selectboard and member of Berlin's Town Center Task Force, Post Office Committee and Capital Budget and Planning Committee. She is a member of the First Congregational Church of Berlin, Berlin Historical Society, Vermont Covered Bridge Association, Relay for Life of Central Vermont, Central Vermont Workforce Investment Board and CV Economic Development Council. Ms. McDonald retired from State Government on May 31, 2006. She is married to Captain J. Bruce McDonald, Retired Vermont State Police, has a daughter, two stepsons and two grandsons. She may be contacted by phone at (802) 476-8411, by mail at 444 Vine Street-Berlin, Barre, Vermont 05641 and by email at PMcdonald@leg.state.vt.us.
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