Patricia Moulton

Board Member

Term Expires June 2024

In July 2022, Patricia Moulton was appointed Executive Director of the Vermont State Colleges’ new Workforce Development Division. The division will launch in July 2023 and incorporate workforce programming at a number of institutions in the Vermont State Colleges System. Ms. Moulton previously served as the first woman President of Vermont Technical College. Vermont Technical College is part of the Vermont State Colleges System and the only technical college in the state. Prior to that, Ms. Moulton served as secretary of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development. Ms. Moulton has served in a variety of appointed positions in Vermont state government, having been appointed by four different governors. She has served as commissioner of labor in addition to several economic development-related appointments. She has also served as appointed chair of an environmental regulatory board for the state of Vermont. Ms. Moulton spent 35 years in the practice of economic development on the local, regional and state levels. She has worked as executive director of four different regional economic development corporations in Vermont. She also ran her own economic development consulting company for several years. Ms. Moulton is a graduate of the University of Vermont with a degree in political science.