Kiersten Bourgeois

Kiersten Bourgeois of Swanton serves as Director, Marketing and Industry Affairs for Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), located in St. Albans. She has been in this role since 2016, first with St. Albans Cooperative Creamery and now as part of DFA. Prior to assuming her current position, she was the Senior Project Manager for the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development and led Governor Peter Shumlin’s Connect Vermont Program. Under Governor James Douglas, Kiersten served in several senior positions, including Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs. Kiersten is on the Executive Committee of Friends of Northern Lake Champlain, the Franklin County Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and is a member of the Vermont State Workforce Development Board. A native Vermonter, Kiersten resides in Swanton, with her husband, David Chevalier.