Thomas Ira Chittenden (born October 8, 1977) is an American politician from
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 ...
Vermont State Senator
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on November 3, 2020 as one of the six senators representing Chittenden County. He is a
South Burlington
South Burlington is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Along with neighboring Burlington, it is a principal city of the Burlington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 20,292. It is home to the head ...
City Councilor (2015 to present) serving in his third term. He has also been twice elected by the faculty of the
University of Vermont
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to serve as their Faculty Senate President (2019-2020). He also served as the Chair and Vice Chair of
Green Mountain Transit Authority
Green Mountain Transit Agency (GMTA) provides public transportation in central Vermont, specifically in Washington and Lamoille counties and parts of Orange County,Thomas Chittenden and he lives in the Chittenden family home in South Burlington with Chittenden land deeds tracing to 1836.
He was the 2019 UVM Grossman School of Business Faculty Member of the Year and in 2017 was awarded the UVM Presidents Distinguished Lecturer Award. He is the father of three children attending public school and married to Kimberly Chittenden who teaches in the Colchester School District.