Carolyn K. Dwyer

Appointed to the Board by Governor Peter Shumlin in March 2013 and re-appointed by Governor Phil Scott in 2019. Term expires in March 2025. Born in Waupun, Wisconsin. Educated at Alverno College, BA, 1990; MPA, The George Washington University, 1995; and UVM, EdD, 2018. Carolyn is a management consultant, owning her own practice for 12 years. She provides strategic, fundraising and management services to federal and state political candidates, political committees, non-profits and businesses. Carolyn currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain and on the Board for the Vermont Community Foundation. Former Executive Director of Kids Voting Vermont, Deputy Director of the Women’s Leadership Forum, Education Specialist for Hogan & Hartson and Research Assistant for the Illinois Board of Higher Education. She is married to Lawrence Dwyer and resides in Burlington, Vermont. Carolyn and Lawrence have a son, Jackson.