Wendy Harrison

Wendy Harrison earned a bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1984 and a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. Her career experience includes working as a government administrator and municipal manager.[1]

Harrison has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]

Southeast Vermont Economic Development Strategy Board

Vermont State Transportation Board

Windham Regional Commission

Southeast Vermont Transit Board

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an experienced local and regional government professional who has the skills and energy to keep Vermont on course. This "brave little state" is tackling climate change, workforce and housing scarcity, reproductive freedom rights, poverty, racial equity and the opioid crisis. Recent legislatures took the opportunity to direct last year's federal financial support to emerging programs that will directly impact state residents now and into the future. I will continue this important work, focusing on practical, workable solutions that will effectively leverage the resources to get the most impact.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Climate Change is truly an existential threat. We must be bold, strategic and relentless in our commitment to effective climate action. I support Vermont's Climate Action Plan, which contains specific actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, buildings and other sources. Because of the state and federal incentives, many of the actions required will also financially benefit low-income Vermont families.Equitable Economic Development: Economic growth must benefit the entire community for the long term. When public funding is used, the benefit to the pubic should be clearly identified. I support compact, walkable and bikable development, predictable permitting, increasing public transit options, and inclusive processes to determine funding.To address the crippling workforce shortage, I support increased housing at all price points, targeted educational incentives, increased support of childcare and expanded support of construction trade training.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Compact communities combined with accessible transit, bicycle and pedestrian-supportive amenities provide benefits far beyond their cost. Transit and bicycles can connect workers to jobs, students to education, friends to each other, non-drivers to everything, and could significantly reduce the 40% of greenhouse gasses generated in Vermont by transportation More rural areas would benefit from electric vehicles, which are currently subsidized by both the state and federal government.