Karen Dolan is an American politician serving as a member of the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives ar ...

for the Chittenden-8-2 district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 6, 2021.

Early life and education

A native of

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, Dolan was raised in the Northeast Kingdom region. She earned a bachelor's degree from the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

Career

Prior to entering politics, Dolan worked as a restorative justice specialist for the Essex Community Justice Center. She was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on January 6, 2021.

References

Living people Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives People from Essex, Vermont Women state legislators in Vermont Year of birth missing (living people) {{Vermont-politician-stub