Claire D. Ayer

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Claire D. Ayer (1948 - ) -- Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Addison senate district.

Claire D. Ayer was first elected to the Vermont State Senate in 2002, and reelected in 2004 and 2006. Ayer is the majority leader of the Vermont Senate as of Fall 2006.

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[edit] Biography

Ayer was born September 21, 1948 in Quincy, Massachusetts and spent her childhood in Charlotte, Vermont. After receiving her high school education at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, she attended the Jeanne Mance School of Nursing, becoming a registered nurse in 1969. She later also received a B.A. in environmental studies from Middlebury College in 1992.

She is married to a physician, Dr. Alan Ayer. They settled in Weybridge, VT in 1979, after spending four years in the Air Force, and continue to live in Weybridge. The Ayers have three children (two daughters and a son).

Ayer works as a nurse for an OB-GYN in Middlebury, Vermont.

[edit] Public Life

Ayer has served in the following positions:

  • Member of the board of the Middlebury Area Land Trust.
  • Member of the Weybridge Conservation Commission.
  • Member of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant Committee.

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