2025-2026 Session
Change SessionRepresentative Monique Priestley
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- District
- Orange-2
- Party
- Democrat
- Seat Number
- 31
- mpriestley@leg.state.vt.us
- Phone
- (802) 828-2228
- Mailing Address
- 115 State St., Montpelier, VT 05633
- Committees
- Biography
- MONIQUE PRIESTLEY (she/her) of Bradford, is Executive Director for The Space On Main, a nonprofit community workspace she founded in 2017 through which she leads a variety of programs for all ages focused on small business planning, civics engagement, and STEM education. Monique worked as the Vermont COVID Business Recovery Project Manager for the Center for Women & Enterprise and has spent 23 years working in various technology roles, including Director of Digital, for CampusCE Corporation, an EdTech software company in Seattle, Washington. Monique graduated from University of Washington’s Master of Communication in Digital Media program and holds both a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media and an Associate of Science in Graphic Design from Vermont State University.
Monique serves on the NCSL Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity & Privacy and the NCSL Committees on Technology & Communications and Labor & Economic Development. Her policy priorities focus on consumer protections and future of work. Monique serves on the leadership team of the Rural Caucus, which was awarded a VLCT Legislative Service Award (2023). She was selected for NCSL Emerging Leaders (2023), Future Caucus Policy Innovation Lab Fellowship (2024), and CSG Eastern Leadership Academy (2024). In 2024, she received CGS’s national Top 20 Under 40 award and EPIC’s National Champion of Freedom award. Monique believes strongly that everyone has a responsibility to give back to their communities. She is a Rotarian, Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, and has served on more than two dozen municipal commissions and nonprofit boards in a variety of leadership roles. Most recently, Monique served as chair of Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation, chair of Vital Communities, co-chair of the Bradford Business Association, and as a board member on Vermont Council of Rural Development, Community Capital of Vermont, Cohase Chamber of Commerce, and Little Rivers Health Care. Monique is a graduate of Leadership Kinetics’ Six Dimensions of Leadership Excellence, Leadership Upper Valley, Vermont Changemakers’ Table, Vermont Leadership Institute, and EMERGE Vermont. She has been honored as Cohase Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year (2018), Vital Communities’ Heroes & Leaders (2019), Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Planning Commission’s Volunteer of the Year (2020), and Vermont Business Magazine’s Rising Stars (2020).
Member of the House of Representatives: 2023–present.
Bills and Resolutions Sponsored by Representative Priestley
Regular Session 2025-2026
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Roll Call Votes by Representative Priestley
Regular Session 2025-2026
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