Bob Kiss
| Bob Kiss | |
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| 41st Mayor of Burlington | |
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In office April 1, 2006 – April 1, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Clavelle |
| Succeeded by | Miro Weinberger |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden-3-4 district |
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In office January, 2001 – April 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Dean Corren |
| Succeeded by | Christopher A. Pearson |
| Personal details | |
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April 1, 1947 Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Vermont Progressive Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jackie Majoros |
| Children | Matt Wohl |
| Alma mater | Knox College |
Bob Kiss (born April 1, 1947) is a Vermont politician and former 39th Mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Kiss was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from January 2001 until he stepped down to assume office as mayor of Burlington, following his election to that office on March 7, 2006. He is a member of the Vermont Progressive Party and one of roughly a dozen Progressives who have held or hold seats in the Vermont General Assembly. Kiss won re-election in 2009, and was endorsed by Vermont's Independent U.S. Senator Bernard Sanders. In November 2011, Kiss announced that he would not seek a third term as Mayor of Burlington.
Kiss has blue-collar roots, having grown up as the son of a union worker in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was a high school basketball player and captain of the tennis team. After having graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Knox College in 1969, he joined the Peace Corps, where he trained in Malaysia for 14 weeks. Although called up by a draft board for military service, he was granted conscientious objector status and performed alternative service at a hospital in Boston.
Since 1971, when he moved to Burlington, he has been working in the human services field. In 1981, Kiss was hired as director of the Community Action program for Chittenden County, a low-income advocacy group. Six years later, he became head of Community Action's umbrella organization, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. Kiss remained head of the CVOEO until 1999. He also served on the boards of the Burlington Housing authority and the committee on temporary shelter during this time.
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