Deborah Markowitz
| Deborah L. Markowitz | |
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| 38th Vermont Secretary of State | |
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In office 1998–2011 |
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| Preceded by | James F. Milne |
| Succeeded by | James Condos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 14, 1961 Tarrytown, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Markowitz |
| Children | Aviva, Sandra, Ari |
| Education | B.A., University of Vermont; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (Magna Cum Laude) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Jewish |
Deborah "Deb" Markowitz is a Visiting Professor of Environmental Policy and Leadership at the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. She served from 2011-2017 as the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. She was appointed by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin. Prior to this, Markowitz was elected six times to serve as the Secretary of State of Vermont. Although she is a member of the Democratic Party, she won the nomination of both the Republican and Democratic Parties in two of her races.
Markowitz was born in Tarrytown, New York, on September 14, 1961. She attended Edgemont High School in Scarsdale, New York and graduated with honors from the University of Vermont, with a degree in philosophy and political science in 1983, and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987, . As a law student at Georgetown, Markowitz did an oral history of then DC Circuit Court Judge, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Based on this work, she published In Pursuit of Equality, One Women's Work to Change the Law, which is considered a seminal work by legal scholars analyzing the development of women's rights in America and the important role of Justice Ginsburg.
After law school Markowitz returned to Vermont to clerk with Justice Louis Peck of the Vermont Supreme Court. Following this clerkship she joined the law firm Langrock, Sperry & Wool. In 1990, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) established its Municipal Law Center, for which Markowitz was hired as its first director. She has been a member of the adjunct faculty at the Vermont Law School and Woodbury College.
Markowitz was first elected Vermont's Secretary of State in 1998, defeating a two-term incumbent and becoming the first woman elected Secretary of State in the Vermont.
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