Brian Dubie | |
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79th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
In office January 9, 2003 – January 6, 2011 |
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Governor | Jim Douglas |
Preceded by | Doug Racine |
Succeeded by | Phil Scott |
Personal details | |
Born |
Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
March 9, 1959
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Penny Dubie |
Alma mater |
United States Air Force Academy University of Vermont |
Brian E. Dubie (born 9 March 1959) is an American politician, who served as the 79th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 2003 to 2011. He lost the 2010 election for Governor of Vermont by less than 5,000 votes.
He is a captain for American Airlines and a strategic advisor to growing companies. In 2012 he retired from the United States Air Force Reserve with the rank of colonel.
Brian Dubie attended public schools in Essex Junction, Vermont. He graduated from Essex Community Educational Center in 1977. He attended the United States Air Force Academy (1977–1980), returning to Vermont to join the Vermont Air National Guard and complete his degree work at UVM, where he earned a BS in mechanical engineering in 1982. He was president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ UVM chapter.
While a student at UVM, Dubie joined the Vermont Air National Guard. After graduation, he trained with the United States Air Force in the F-4 Phantom II and later the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft. He continued to fly in the Air Guard as he began his career in the aerospace industry.