Deborah Markowitz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Deborah Markowitz
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 14, 1961(1961-09-14)
Age	63
Birthplace	Tarrytown
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Virgo

Deborah Markowitz Biography

Deborah Markowitz is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 14, 1961 in Tarrytown, New York, United States. Markowitz was born in Tarrytown, New York, on September 14th in 1961. She was a student at Edgemont High School in Scarsdale, New York and graduated with distinction in the University of Vermont, with an honors degree in philosophy as well as politics in the year 1983 and received the Juris Doctor diploma at Georgetown University Law Center in 1987. Magna cum laude. While a student in law in Georgetown, Markowitz did an oral history of the DC Circuit Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In the wake of this research she wrote In Pursuit of Equality, One Woman’s Work for Change the Law, which is regarded as a landmark work by scholars of law who study the progress and advancement of rights of women’s within America and the significant importance of Justice Ginsburg.

Markowitz was Secretary for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources from 2011 to 2017. The Secretary position was a responsibilities. Markowitz is responsible for safeguarding Vermont’s wildlife and natural resources, as well as responsible for the maintenance of Vermont’s forests and state parks. In this position, she helped shape the environmental policy for the entire state with a focus on the issues of habitat fragmentation and climate change and the necessity of making Vermont better able to withstand floods. Secretary Markowitz was chair of the Vermont Climate Cabinet and represented Vermont on the White House Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. She represented Vermont at the State and Regional Leadership activities during the Paris Climate Summit and in Marrakech. She was in the Board of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and on the Executive Board of the Environmental Council of the States.

Markowitz serves on the Boards of Advisors for the Georgetown Climate Center, Antioch’s Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience, for the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and as a Trustee of the Vermont Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. Markowitz is the founder of the Vermont Women’s Leadership Initiative and Vermont Parks Forever – the Foundation for Vermont’s State Parks. She has been recognized nationally for her leadership by being awarded an Aspen Institute Rodel fellowship and the Kennedy School of Governments’ Cahn Fellowship.

Markowitz received a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from EPA Region 1, where they noted “Deb became secretary of the Agency for Natural Resources in 2011, introducing one of the most productive and innovative eras in the agency’s history. She focused on challenges from climate change and water quality to forest health and recycling rates. When Deb arrived, the organization was shell-shocked from years of budget cutting and rotating secretaries. Within a year, it had entered a sustained period of innovative environmental policy improvement. Over the next six years, Deb and her commissioners and staff secured protection for shorelines; universal recycling requirements; a Lake Champlain cleanup plan, and greater attention to forest fragmentation.”

Markowitz was an opponent during the year 2010’s Democratic primary to be Vermont Governor. She finished third with 17,503 votes, just behind her winner Peter Shumlin, with 18,276 votes and the second-place candidate, Doug Racine, with 18,079 votes. Markowitz was selected to the office of Governor Shumlin to be his Secretary for the Agency of Natural Resources.

Deborah Markowitz Net Worth

Deborah Markowitz is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Deborah Markowitz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After law school, Markowitz went back to Vermont to serve as a clerk to Justice Louis Peck of the Vermont Supreme Court. After this clerkship, she was hired by the firm of Langrock, Sperry & Wool. In 1990 the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) founded their Municipal Law Center, for which Markowitz was appointed its first director. She is a part on the faculty adjunct of the Vermont Law School and Woodbury College.

Markowitz was elected as Secretary of State for Vermont in 1998, beating an incumbent who had served two terms, making her the very first woman to be elected Secretary of State of Vermont.

Deborah “Deb” Markowitz is a Visiting Professor of Environmental Policy and Leadership at the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. She served from 2011-2017 as the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. She was appointed by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin. Prior to this, Markowitz was elected six times to serve as the Secretary of State of Vermont. Although she is a member of the Democratic Party, she won the nomination of both the Republican and Democratic Parties in two of her races.

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