Emma Mulvaney-Stanak | |
|---|---|
 Mulvaney-Stanak in 2024 | |
| 43rd Mayor of Burlington | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Miro Weinberger |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden-17 district | |
| In office January 2021 – April 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jean O'Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Abbey Duke |
| Chair of the Vermont Progressive Party | |
| In office November 10, 2013 – June 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Martha Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Pollina (acting) |
| Member of the Burlington City Council | |
| In office 2010–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Clarence Davis |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Siegel |
| Constituency | 3rd district |
| In office 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Knodell |
| Succeeded by | Bram Kranichfeld |
| Constituency | 2nd district |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Vermont Progressive |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic |
| Spouse | Megan Moir |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Smith College (BA) |
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak is an American politician, and the current mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Previously, she was a member in the Vermont House of Representatives, representing the Chittenden 6-2 and 17 districts as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. Prior to her tenure in the state house she was on the city council in Burlington, Vermont and chair of the Vermont Progressive Party.
Mulvaney-Stanak was educated at Smith College. She became involved in politics when she was director of the Vermont Living Wage Campaign and as field director for Scudder Parker's gubernatorial campaign during the 2006 election.
Mulvaney-Stanak was elected to the Burlington city council in 2009, but had to resign due to her moving. She won election to the city council in 2010, and at one point she was the only Progressive member of the city council. She was selected to be chair of the Progressive Party and held that position until 2017. She defeated incumbent state representative Jean O'Sullivan for the Democratic nomination for a seat in the state house and won in the 2020 election.
In 2023, Mulvaney-Stanak announced she would run for the mayorship of Burlington in the following year's election. She won the election by just over 6 points and assumed office on April 1, 2024.[1] She is the first Progressive to serve as mayor of Burlington since 2012, when Bob Kiss left office, and the first woman and openly LGBT person to serve as mayor in the city's history.