Helping women succeed in public service by enhancing career-building models that develop leadership skills and by networking professional women in government.
Our Mission
To educate, mentor, encourage, and support women in the local government profession.
Membership
Professionals: $40 / year
Students: $10 / year
*Membership is open to all non-elected individuals who are women (including cisgender and trans women), intersex, non-binary, agender, or genderfluid.
Annual dues are paid for a membership year, which begins January 1 and ends on December 31. Dues will be waived upon demonstration of financial need. Ask your municipality to sponsor your membership dues.
Next Event
VTWLG Spring Conference 2026
April 23, 2026 9am to 3pm
Barre Civic Center
20 Auditorium Hill, Barre, VT 05641
Virtual Event - Loneliness in Government Part 2
January 22, 2026 at 12 noon
Leadership
Steering Committee:
President | Marguerite Ladd, VT League of Cities & Towns
Vice President | Sally Cruz Nix, Brattleboro
Treasurer | Tammy Getchell, Essex
Historian & Clerk | Karen Astley, Putney
Jessie Baker, South Burlington
Elaine Wang, Winooski
Crystal Grant, Middlebury
Fredi Hayes, Rutland
Affiliates
Virtual Event - Loneliness in Government
November 13, 2025 at 12 noon
