George B. "Jeb" Spaulding (born December 28, 1952) is an American politician and the former chancellor of the

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. He previously served as

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and as Governor

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's secretary of administration.

Biography

Spaulding was the founder of radio station

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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

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. He has been an adjunct professor of communications at

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. Previously, Spaulding represented the Washington County district for eight terms (1985–2001) in the

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, 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. In 2000, he did not run for reelection, and Republican

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won the seat Spaulding vacated. Spaulding served four terms as state treasurer (2003–2011) and, in 2009, also served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers. Spaulding considered running for

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in 2010, 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. On November 15, 2010, Gov.-Elect

nominated Spaulding to be the incoming Secretary of Administration, the senior cabinet position in the executive branch. He resigned as treasurer in January, 2011. In January 2015 Spaulding left the administration secretary's post to become chancellor of the

. On April 17, 2020, Spaulding announced his plans to close several

campuses including

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and

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due to funding issues related to student and teacher absence during the

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outbreak. Shortly after announcing his plans, Spaulding resigned his post as Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges due to widespread backlash surrounding the proposal.

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