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Deborah Markowitz
Deborah "Deb" Markowitz is the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.〔http://www.anr.state.vt.us/site/html/secdmbio.htm〕 She was appointed by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin in 2011. She formerly served as the Secretary of State of Vermont. She is a member of the Democratic Party.Vermont Civil Government 2011, Executive Branch| publisher=Office of the Vermont Secretary of State.
==Early life, education and career==
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 Doctorate degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987, ''magna cum laude''. After law school she 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.〔(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.〔(Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) )〕 She has been a member of the adjunct faculty at the Vermont Law School and Woodbury College.
Markowitz was President of the National Association of Secretaries of State, she served on the Board of Advisors of the Federal Election Assistance Commission and she has been awarded an Aspen-Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership.〔(Aspen-Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership )〕 Markowitz serves on the boards of the Central Vermont Community Action Agency, the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board and the Vermont Council on Rural Development. She is the founder of the Vermont Women’s Leadership Initiative.
She was first elected in 1998, defeating a two-term incumbent and becoming the first woman elected Secretary of State in the state. As Secretary of State Markowitz enacted election reform enacted by the legislature. These included increasing early voting opportunities, making it easier to register to vote, implementing a statewide voter registration database, and by upgrading voting equipment. Markowitz also established the Safe at Home program; an address confidentiality program to protect victims of rape, abuse and stalking from being tracked down through the state's public records. She consolidated the state Archives with the state records department. She built a State Archive and Record Center facility. Markowitz published the Opinions Newsletter for Vermont's local officials wherein she issued opinions on municipal law and practice. She wrote a dozen handbooks on topics of municipal law and practice. Markowitz established the Vermont Public Service Award program to recognize local officials who served for 20 years or more. She founded Vermont Votes for Kids, and organization devoted to engage Vermont's youth in civic activity.
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