Elections
Registered Lobbyists 2007-2008
(As of February 23, 2007)
Charles S. Rainwater
Sirotkin & Necrason, PLC
33 Court Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 223-9988
Fax: (802) 223-2124
Association of Vermont Credit Unions (fka VCUL): credit unions.
Comcast: telecommunications and cable.
Committee for Access to VR Services: vocational rehabilitiation, employment.
Community of Vermont Elders (COVE): elderly; disability rights; fuel and fuel assistance; health insurance; healthcare;
housing; human services and social services; mental health; judiciary; tax; appropriations; transportation; pharmacy;
consumer protection.
Death with Dignity Vermont: end of life healthcare and medical professionals; rights of mentally competent patients; patient directed dying.
End of Life Choices Vermont: matters relating to end of life choices and patient directed dynig.
Humane Society of the United States: humane treatment of animals.
Marijuana Policy Project: healthcare; marijuana policy; criminal justice.
Preservation Trust of Vermont: historic preservation; downtown development; economic development; environment.
Renewable Energy Vermont: energy policy, renewable energy.
United Academics-AAUP/AFT (Local 3203): higher education; appropriations; employment; labor.
Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies: economic development; planning; environment; transportation;
historic preservation; housing; tax; appropriations.
Vermont Association of Trial Judges: judicial retention, issues affecting trial judges and magistrates.
Vermont Forum on Sprawl, Inc.: smart growth; downtowns; economic development; conservation; transportation;
appropriations; tax policy; environment; housing; Act 250.
Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition: economic development; housing; conservation; forestry; agriculture;
recreation and tourism; environment; appropriations; tax policy.
Vermont Library Association: libraries, appropriations.
Vermont Solid Waste District Managers’ Association: solid waste.
Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation, Inc.: higher education; appropriations; employment; labor.
Vermont Trial Lawyers Association: judiciary; professional regulation; consumer protection; insurance; liability;
healthcare; medical professionals.
Vermont Veterinary Medicine Association: veterinary medical practice, animal care, agriculture, professional regulation.
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, Inc.: appropriations.
Stephen Rambur
Vermont Chapter of the American Physical Therapists Association
995 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Phone: (802) 864-2434
Fax: N/A
Vermont Chapter of the American Physical Therapists Association: practice act revisions; health care reform and delivery; medicaid reimbursement.
Catherine Rankin
State Farm Insurance Company, Corp. Law
225 Wilmington-West Chester Pike
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Phone: (610) 361-4150
Fax: N/A
State Farm Insurance Companies: general property and casualty, auto and insurance regulatory issues.
Michael Reed
24 Depot Square
Northfield, VT 05663
Phone: (802) 485-9724
Fax: (802) 485-6070
Ludlow Telephone Company: telecommunications.
Northfield Telephone Company: telecommunications.
Perkinsville Telephone Company: telecommunications.
Sheila E. Reed
Voices for Vermont's Children
PO Box 261
Montpelier, VT 05601
Phone: (802) 229-6377
Fax: (802) 229-4929
Voices for Vermont's Children (fka Vermont Children's Forum): issues affecting children and youth, including health care and coverage,
economic security, child welfare, juvenile justice, family leave, medicaid, education, early childhood.
Donald J. Rendall, Jr.
Green Mountain Power Corporation
163 Acorn Lane
Colchester, VT 05446
Phone: (802) 655-8420
Fax: (802) 655-8419
Green Mountain Power Corporation: utility issues.
Virginia Renfrew
Zatz & Renfrew Consulting
PO Box 1274
Montpelier, VT 05601
Phone: (802) 310-6296
Fax: (802) 223-2466
Common Cause: ethics in government.
Justice for Healthcare Workers: healthcare.
Maple Leaf Farm Association, Inc.: healthcare, substance abuse.
March of Dimes - Vermont: healthcare, children.
United Professions of Vermont/AFT: higher education; appropriations; labor.
Vermont Association of Adult Day Services: long-term care; elderly; appropriations; transportation.
Vermont Association of Naturopathic Physicians: healthcare.
Vermont Association of Nurse Anesthetists: healthcare.
Vermont CARES: healthcare.
Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services: crime victims.
Stephen Reynes
Primmer, Piper, Eggleston & Cramer, PC
100 East State Street, PO Box 1309
Montpelier, VT 05601-1309
Phone: (802) 223-2102
Fax: (802) 223-2628
Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST): snowmobile and related issues.
Don W. Rhoades
186 Shady Tree Lane
Fayston, VT 05673
Phone: (802) 223-8642
Fax: (802) 223-1314
Five Rivers Network, Inc.: mental health, substance abuse issues.
Christopher K. Rice
MacLean, Meehan & Rice, LLC
45 Court Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 225-3100
Fax: (802) 225-3105
ACLI (American Council of Life Insurers): insurance, health care.
AFLAC: insurance, health care.
American Express Company: financial services issues.
AstraZeneca: health care and drug issues.
Beverage Association of Vermont (was Vermont Soft Drink): tax, bottle bill issues.
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP): health care and insurance issues.
Corrections Corporation of America: corrections issues.
Death with Dignity Vermont: patient directed dying legislation.
International Bottled Water Association (IBWA): groundwater issues.
Middlebury College: educational; tax and regulatory issues.
Mt. Mansfield Television/WCAX: communications, tax and regulatory issues.
NCCI (National Council on Compensation Insurance): insurance and regulatory issues.
Nelson & Small, Inc.: regulatory issues.
New England Convenience Store Association: tax issues.
Omya, Inc.: environmental and regulatory issues.
PhrMA (Pharmaceutical Research of America): health care and prescription drug issues.
Proctor and Gamble: environmental.
Reynolds American: tobacco, tax issues.
The Stratton Corporation: envrionmental and regulatory issues.
Verizon: telecommunications and regulatory issues.
Verizon Wireless: telecommunications and regulatory issues.
Vermont Apartment Owners Association: landlord issues.
Vermont Association of Broadcasters: regulatory, environmental, communications issues.
Vermont Association of Investigative & Security Services: private investigative and security issues.
Vermont Association of Realtors: regulatory, environmental, tax issues.
VELCO (VT Electric Power Company, Inc.): regulatory, environmental, tax issues.
Vermont Golf Association: environmental issues.
Vermont Health Care Association: health care issues.
Vermont Manufactured Housing: housing, envirnomental issues.
Vermont Mortgage Bankers Association: banking, tax, commercial issues.
Lila M. Richardson
Vermont Legal Aid
P.O. Box 606
Montpelier, VT 05601-0606
Phone: (802) 223-6377
Fax: (802) 223-7281
Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights:
disability rights issues, health care.
Parker M. Riehle
Vermont Ski Areas Association
P.O. Box 368
Montpelier, VT 05601
Phone: (802) 223-2439
Fax: (802) 229-6917
Vermont Ski Areas Association: ski areas legislation.
Deborah L. Riley
Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants
100 State Street, Suite 500
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 229-4939
Fax: (802) 223-0360
Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants: general tax and revenue related issues.
Barbara G. Ripley
Downs, Rachlin & Martin, PLLC
52 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 225-5500
Fax: (802) 229-5017
Central Boiler, Inc.:
utilities
Dale A. Rocheleau
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
77 Grove Street
Rutland, VT 05701
Phone: (802) 747-5355
Fax: (802) 747-2188
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation: utility issues.
A. J. Ruben
Vermont Protection & Advocacy
141 Main Street, Suite 7
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 229-1355
Fax: (802) 229-1359
Vermont Protection & Advocacy: education of state officials on issues affecting the lives of people living with disabilities.
Harold S. Runsvold, Jr.
1755 Hillmont Drive
Nashville, TN 37215
Phone: (615) 292-3326
Fax: N/A
Harold Runsvold and affiliates:
public guardianships; supportive living options for the disabled; special needs trusts; employment opportunities for handicapped individuals.
Tricia R. Russo
209 Winant Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609) 683-7200
Fax: (609) 683-0900
Novartis Pharmaceuticals: health care, pharmaceuticals.
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