Scott Milne
| Scott Milne | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Scott Edward Milne March 10, 1959 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
University of Vermont University of Redlands (BA) |
Scott Edward Milne (born March 10, 1959) is an American businessperson from North Pomfret, Vermont who was the Republican candidate in the United States Senate election of 2016 in the U.S. state of Vermont. He was also the Republican nominee in the Vermont gubernatorial election of 2014, an election he lost to the two-term incumbent by less than 1.2% of the vote, the closest gubernatorial election in modern Vermont history.
Milne was the second of four children born to Donald and Marion Milne in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The family lived in the town of Barre, Vermont until 1964 then moved to the Orange County town of Washington. Their new home, Twin Brook Farm, had been a working sheep farm for much of the 1800s.
His parents started Milne Travel American Express in 1975. Milne himself was entrepreneurial as a child, "from selling newspapers and rabbits as a kid, to painting houses, to promoting concerts...." Additionally he has worked as a farm laborer, construction worker, grocery store clerk, bartender and waiter, political campaign aide, and investigator for a public defender as an unpaid intern.
Milne has worked at Milne Travel since the mid-1980. It was started by his parents in 1975. Milne operates the company.
Milne serves as President of the Vermont Society of Travel Agents and as an advisory board member for the Australian company Travcorp. He was an advisory board member of American Express and Avis. He is involved with the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and was president of the Vermont Association of Private and Non-Profit Organizations.
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