Jeb Spaulding
5th Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges
In office January 2015 – April 2020
Governor	Peter Shumlin Phil Scott
Preceded by	Timothy Donovan
Succeeded by	Sophie Zdatny
Vermont Secretary of Administration
In office January 2011 – January 2015
Governor	Peter Shumlin
Preceded by	Neale F. Lunderville
Succeeded by	Justin Johnson
Vermont State Treasurer
In office January 2003 – January 2011
Governor	Jim Douglas
Preceded by	Jim Douglas
Succeeded by	Beth Pearce
Member of the Vermont Senate from Washington County
In office 1985–2001
Preceded by	H. Edsel Hughes
Succeeded by	Phil Scott
Personal details
Born	(1952-12-28) December 28, 1952 Manchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Susan Morse
Alma mater	Antioch College (B.A. 1975), University of Vermont (M.Ed. 1993)

George B. "Jeb" Spaulding (born December 28, 1952) is an American politician and the former chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges. He previously served as Vermont State Treasurer and as Governor Peter Shumlin's secretary of administration.

Biography

Spaulding was the founder of radio station WNCS FM 104.7 in Montpelier and was a general partner in Precision Media, Inc. He also served as the director of career and workforce development at the Vermont Department of Education, and as director of the Vermont Academy of Science and Technology at Vermont Technical College. He has been an adjunct professor of communications at Norwich University.

Previously, Spaulding represented the Washington County district for eight terms (1985–2001) in the Vermont State Senate, where he chaired the Appropriations Committee, the Education Committee, the Joint Fiscal Committee and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. In 1984, he defeated Republican incumbent H. Edsel Hughes to win one of the district's three seats.^[1] In 2000, he did not run for reelection, and Republican Phil Scott won the seat Spaulding vacated.^[2]

Spaulding served four terms as state treasurer (2003–2011) and, in 2009, also served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers.^[3]

Spaulding considered running for Governor of Vermont in 2010,^[4][5] but opted instead to seek re-election to a fifth term as state treasurer. Spaulding faced token opposition and won re-election with 90% of the vote.^[6]

On November 15, 2010, Gov.-Elect Peter Shumlin nominated Spaulding to be the incoming Secretary of Administration, the senior cabinet position in the executive branch.^[7] He resigned as treasurer in January, 2011.

In January 2015 Spaulding left the administration secretary's post to become chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges.

On April 17, 2020, Spaulding announced his plans to close several Vermont State Colleges campuses including Vermont Tech and Northern Vermont University due to funding issues related to student and teacher absence during the COVID-19 outbreak.^[8]

Shortly after announcing his plans, Spaulding resigned his post as Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges due to widespread backlash surrounding the proposal.^[9]

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