Cary Brown is a member of the Montpelier, Vermont City Council representing District 3. She is also the current Executive Director of the

Vermont Commission on Women The Vermont Commission on Women (VCW) is a non-partisan Vermont government agency advancing rights and opportunities for women and girls. Sixteen volunteer commissioners, along with representatives from organizations concerned with women's issu ...

, a non-partisan state agency advancing rights and opportunities for women and girls.

Career

Brown won election to the Montpelier Vermont City Council on Vermont's Town Meeting Day in March 2022. She defeated Alice Goltz to win the non-partisan seat. Brown served two terms as a VCW commissioner before joining being appointed Director in October 2012. Prior to this role, she was the Director of Girls’ Programs for Vermont Works for Women, a non-profit organization supporting education and job training in non-traditional fields for women and girls, directed the Women in Technology Project at Vermont Technical College, and served as the Internship Coordinator at

Norwich University Norwich University – The Military College of Vermont is a private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private and senior military college in the United States and offers bachelor's and master's degrees on-campus ...

. During her tenure, Brown has shifted the focus of the commission from being an informational resource to more active promotion of women's economic issues, including the promotion of an equal pay compact adopted by more than 100 employers, programs promoting flexible work opportunities for women, and workplace pregnancy accommodations. The commission serves as an information and research resource for the Vermont legislature on issues such as paid family leave. Under Brown the VCW, in collaboration with Vermont Works for Women and the Vermont Women's Fund, co-launched the Change the Story project which promotes and supports women's economic security.

Elected positions

Brown also serves as an elected

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in Montpelier, Vermont.

Education

Brown has a Bachelor’s degree from

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...

and a

Master of Public Administration The Master of Public Administration (M.P.Adm., M.P.A., or MPA) is a specialized higher professional post graduate degree in public administration, similar/ equivalent to the Master of Business Administration but with an emphasis on the issues of ...

degree from

References

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