Vermont State Senate
115 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-5301
54 West Pleasant Street
Bristol, VT 05443
Full Name:
Christopher A. Bray
Gender:
Male
Family:
Partner: Kathy; 2 Children
Birth Date:
06/29/1955
Birth Place:
New Britian, CT
Home City:
New Haven, VT
Attending, Masters in Energy and Regulatory Law, Vermont Law School, 2018-present
Attended, Bread Loaf Writers Program, Middlebury College, 1990
PhD, Candidate Linguistics, Brown University, 1985-1987
MA, English, University of Vermont, 1982-1985
Attended, English Literature, University of Oxford, 1984
BA, Zoology, University of Vermont, 1973-1977
Senator, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2012-present
Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Addison, 2022
Representative, Vermont State House of Representatives, District Addison-5, 2006-2010
Candidate, Vermont State Lieutenant Governor, 2010
Member, Finance Committee
Member, Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Energy
Member, Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
Member, Legislative Study Committee on Wetlands
Chair, Natural Resources and Energy Committee
Former Member, Education Committee, Vermont State Senate
Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Vermont State Senate
Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Vermont State Senate
Former Chair, Joint Legislative Information Technology Committee, Vermont State Senate
Founder/Owner, Common Ground Communications, Limited Liability Company, 1990-present
Former Project Manager/Developer, Apple Computer
Founder, Fair Trade Vermont
Former Project Manager/Developer, Intel
Former Project Manager/Developer, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Former Project Manager/Developer, National Life of Vermont
English Professor, University of Vermont
Interim Executive Vice President/Marketing & Sales Vice President, Vermont Coffee Company, 2010-2011
Delegate, Agriculture and Energy Committee, National Council of State Legislators (NCSL)
Former Co-Chair, Biomass Energy Development Working Group
Member, Board of Civil Authority, New Haven
Founder, Farm to Plate
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Fire and Rescue Squad
Member, Governor's Dairy Task Force
Board Chair, Middlebury Area Land Trust
Member, Middlebury Rotary Club
Justice of the Peace, New Haven, Vermont
Chair, Rural Economic Development Working Group
Board Member, United Way of Addison County
Member, Vermont Forestry Study Group
Former Secretary, Vermont Milk Commission
Delegate, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee, National Council of State Legislatures, 2016
Member, Board of Advisors, Division of Continuing Education, University of Vermont, 2011-2015
Trustee, Division of Continuing Education, University of Vermont, 2009-2015
Member, Professional Responsibility Board, Supreme Court of Vermont, 2012
Participant, Vermont Leadership Institute, Governor Richard Snelling Center for Government, 2006
President/Trustee, Middlebury Area Land Trust, 1993-1999