Linda K. Myers

Linda K. Myers (born August 18, 1940) is a Republican politician in Vermont. She is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing the Chittenden-6-1 Representative District.[1]

Biography

Myers was born in Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Kent State University in 1962.[2] Myers was the Editorial Assistant for the Electronics Industries Association, now the Electronic Industries Alliance, from 1962 to 1963. She was Editorial Assistant of the Service Employees International Union from 1963 to 1968 and worked as a Free Lance Journalist from 1968 to 1984.[3] Myers moved to Essex, Vermont in 1978, and served as Managing Editor of "The Essex Reporter" in Essex, Vermont from 1984 to 2001.[4]

Myers has served on the Essex Selectboard since 2001 and is a Justice of the Peace. She is a former cheerleading coach at Essex High School, and has been involved in cheerleading on the local, state and national levels for twenty-five years. She was named high school cheerleading’s “National Contributor of the Year” by the National Federation of State High School Association’s Spirit Committee in 2003.[5]

She was appointed to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2001 after the death of her husband, Representative Martin J. Myers. She has been elected as a Republican candidate to the State House since 2003. In the State House she is a member of the Administrative Rules Committee and is Vice Chair of the Corrections and Institutions Committee.[6]

Myers resides in Essex, Vermont. She and her late husband have two daughters, Robyn and Kasey and two sons-in-law, Scott and Mark.

References

  1. ↑ http://adambrown.info/p/research/legislators/members/vermont/lower
  2. ↑ "Linda K. Myers". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Biographical Profile for Linda K. Myers". Vote Vt. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Linda K. Myers". Town of Essex Vermont. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Linda K. Myers". Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Linda K. Myers". Open States. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
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