Sandy Haas

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sandy Haas

| image = File:Sandy Haas Vermont.png

| state_house = Vermont

| district = Windsor-Rutland-2 Vermont Representative District, 2002–2012

| term_start = 2005

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| preceded = Carroll Ketchum

| succeeded =

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Orange, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = University of California, Berkeley (BA)
UC Berkeley School of Law (JD)

| spouse = David Marmor

| profession = Lawyer, innkeeper

| party = Vermont Progressive

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Sandy Haas (born May 8, 1946) is a Vermont lawyer and innkeeper. Since 2005, she has served as a Progressive Party member of the Vermont House of Representatives representing the Windsor-Rutland-2 District.

Background

Haas was born on May 8, 1946, in Orange, California. She got her B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1968, and her J.D. from Boalt Hall in 1974. She moved to Rochester in Windsor County, Vermont in 1980, and lives there with her partner David Marmor. She is retired from her former private legal practice, and keeps The New Homestead Bed & Breakfast in Rochester.

Political career

She has been a member of Rochester's Planning Commission since 1982, and served as a Trustee of Public Funds for Rochester from 1987 to 2003. In 2004, she was elected to the House of Representatives, and has served in that capacity ever since. She is assigned to the Corrections Oversight, Human Services and Judicial Rules committees, and is the present party caucus leader of the Progressives in the House.[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=51233 "Representative Sandy Haas (VT)" Project Vote Smart]{{cite web|url = http://vermont-elections.org/2013-2014%20Biographical%20Sketch%20Book.pdf|title = Biographical Sketches of State Officers and Members of the General Assembly of 2013-2014|publisher = Vermont Secretary of State}}[http://www.progressiveparty.org/organize/candidates?page=1 "Candidates: Sandy Haas for House: Windsor-Rutland 2" Vermont Progressive Party website]

Education

Sandy Haas has received her education from the following institutions:

JD, University of California, Berkeley, 1974
BS, University of California, Berkeley, 1968{{cite web|title=Representative Sandy Haas's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/51233|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=3 November 2012}}