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BIO (Max 200 Words): Monique Priestley is serving her second term as a Vermont State Representative (Orange-2), where she works on consumer protection in data privacy, artificial intelligence, right to repair, and the future of work. She has been lead sponsor on Vermont’s comprehensive data privacy legislation, updates to the state’s data broker law, and its Age-Appropriate Design Code, work that has drawn sustained opposition from national technology lobbying and made Vermont a reference point for other states writing similar rules. She serves on the House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development and as Vice Chair of the Joint Information Technology Oversight Committee. Nationally, she co-chairs the Future Caucus National Task Force on AI Policy, sits on the NCSL Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity & Privacy, and serves on the Legislative Steering Team of the State AI Policy Forum. She co-chairs Vermont’s Rural Caucus, which received a 2023 Legislative Service Award from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. Monique has been named EPIC’s National Champion of Freedom, CSG’s Top 20 Under 40, and NFWL’s Elected Woman of Excellence. Before the Legislature she spent twenty years in technology and founded a rural nonprofit community workspace she led for just under a decade.

BIO (Max 150 Words): Monique Priestley is serving her second term as a Vermont State Representative (Orange-2), focused on consumer protection in data privacy, artificial intelligence, right to repair, and the future of work. She has been lead sponsor on Vermont’s comprehensive data privacy legislation, updates to the state’s data broker law, and its Age-Appropriate Design Code, work that has made Vermont a reference point for other states and drawn sustained opposition from national technology lobbying. She serves on House Commerce & Economic Development and as Vice Chair of Joint Information Technology Oversight. She co-chairs the Future Caucus National Task Force on AI Policy and Vermont’s Rural Caucus, and sits on the NCSL Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity & Privacy. Monique has been named EPIC’s National Champion of Freedom, CSG’s Top 20 Under 40, and NFWL’s Elected Woman of Excellence. Before the Legislature she spent twenty years in technology and founded a rural nonprofit community workspace.

BIO (Max 100 Words): Vermont State Representative Monique Priestley (Orange-2) works on data privacy, artificial intelligence, consumer technology protections, and the future of work. She has been lead sponsor on Vermont’s comprehensive data privacy legislation, its data broker law updates, and its Age-Appropriate Design Code. She serves on House Commerce & Economic Development and as Vice Chair of Joint IT Oversight, and co-chairs the Future Caucus National Task Force on AI Policy and Vermont’s Rural Caucus. She has been named EPIC’s National Champion of Freedom, CSG’s Top 20 Under 40, and NFWL’s Elected Woman of Excellence. She spent twenty years in technology before the Legislature.

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“A deeply engaged member of the Upper Valley community, Monique has more honors, elected positions, and community service than seems humanly possible.”
– Vital Communities

“Persistence and avid community involvement are among Monique’s attributes. But she has WAY more than endless energy and dogged determination. She has that awesome combination of hard work ethic, willingness to talk to everyone, humility in the face of resistance, calm in the face of challenges, and immunity to the undermining poison of skepticism.”
– Sarah Copeland Hanzas, VT State Representative, at Vital Communities’s 2019 Heroes & Leaders Celebration

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