Jeb Spaulding

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Jeb Spaulding
5th Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges
In office
January 2015 – April 2020
GovernorPeter Shumlin
Phil Scott
Preceded byTimothy Donovan
Succeeded bySophie Zdatny
Vermont Secretary of Administration
In office
January 2011 – January 2015
GovernorPeter Shumlin
Preceded byNeale F. Lunderville
Succeeded byJustin Johnson
Vermont State Treasurer
In office
January 2003 – January 2011
GovernorJim Douglas
Preceded byJim Douglas
Succeeded byBeth Pearce
Member of the Vermont Senate from Washington County
In office
1985–2001
Preceded byH. Edsel Hughes
Succeeded byPhil Scott
Personal details
Born (1952-12-28) December 28, 1952 (age 69)
Massachusetts, United States
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Susan Morse
Residence100 College St, Montpelier Vermont
Alma materAntioch College (B.A. 1975), University of Vermont (M.Ed. 1993)

George B. "Jeb" Spaulding (born December 28, 1952 in Manchester, Massachusetts) is the former chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges. He previously served as Vermont State Treasurer and as Governor Peter Shumlin's secretary of administration.

Biography[]

Spaulding was the founder of radio station WNCS FM 104.7 in Montpelier and was a general partner in Precision Media, Inc. He also served as the director of career and workforce development at the Vermont Department of Education, and as director of the Vermont Academy of Science and Technology at Vermont Technical College. He has been an adjunct professor of communications at Norwich University.

Previously, Spaulding represented the Washington County district for eight terms (1985–2001) in the Vermont State Senate, where he chaired the Appropriations Committee, the Education Committee, the Joint Fiscal Committee and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. In 1984, he defeated Republican incumbent H. Edsel Hughes to win one of the district's three seats.[1] In 2000, he did not run for reelection, and Republican Phil Scott won the seat Spaulding vacated.[2]

Spaulding served four terms as state treasurer (2003–2011) and, in 2009, also served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers.[3]

Spaulding considered running for Governor of Vermont in 2010,[4][5] but opted instead to seek re-election to a fifth term as state treasurer. Spaulding faced token opposition and won re-election with 90% of the vote.[6]

On November 15, 2010, Gov.-Elect Peter Shumlin nominated Spaulding to be the incoming Secretary of Administration, the senior cabinet position in the executive branch.[7] He resigned as treasurer in January, 2011.

In January 2015 Spaulding left the administration secretary's post to become chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges.

On April 17, 2020 Spaulding announced his plans to close several Vermont State Colleges campuses including Vermont Tech and Northern Vermont University due to funding issues related to student and teacher absence during the COVID-19 outbreak.[8]

Shortly after announcing his plans, Spaulding resigned his post as Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges due to widespread backlash surrounding the proposal. <ref> Lola Duffort (April 28, 2020). "VSC Chancellor Spaulding to resign after campus closure backlash". VTDigger. <ref>

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brown, Leslie (November 8, 1984). "Democrats take Control of Senate for First Time". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. p. 4B.
  2. ^ "Doyle Wins 17th Senate Term". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. November 8, 2000. p. 12A.
  3. ^ "Spaulding elected president of NAST". WCAX Channel 3. August 21, 2008.
  4. ^ Susan Allen (November 27, 2008). "Spaulding Considers Run for Governor". Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times-Argus. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "Spaulding Out". Rutland (Vt.) Herald. February 9, 2009.
  6. ^ "2010 General Election Official Results" (PDF). Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  7. ^ Anne Galloway (November 15, 2010). "Shumlin Taps Spaulding for Secretary of Administration". VTDigger.
  8. ^ Darren Perron, Dom Amato (April 17, 2020). "Vermont State Colleges System likely to close 3 campuses". WCAX.
Political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of Vermont
2003–2011 		Succeeded by


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