Secretary Condos' Biography

Jim Condos of Montpelier, Washington County was born January 29, 1951, in Orange, NJ.  Becoming a Chittenden County resident in 1955, Jim attended Burlington schools, graduating from South Burlington High School and the University of Vermont (1974).  He has one daughter.

Jim has 30 years of business experience working for a Fortune 100 company, a family-owned Vermont grocery distribution company, and Vermont Gas Systems Inc. (1998 – 2010) – a regulated utility where he served as government and community relations manager. 

Jim has over 20 years of public service: on the South Burlington City Council 1989-2007 (VChair 1995-99, Chair 1999-2007); and as a member of the Vermont Senate: 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008.  In the Senate he served as Chair of Senate Education (2003-04), Chair of Senate Government Operations (2005-06), and Chair of the Joint Legislative IT Committee (2007-08).

Additional statewide and national public service includes: the National League of Cities (NLC) Board of Directors (2005-06); and the Vermont League of Cities and Towns Board of Directors. On the NLC he served as Board Representative to the: Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Policy Committee (EENR) and NLC Immigration Task Force. He had previously served as a member of: NLC EENR Policy Committee (2002-04); and, NLC Clean Air Task Force (2002). On the VLCT, Jim was a member of the VLCT Transportation Committee; and VLCT Finance, Administration, Intergovernmental Relations Committee. Other public service includes: Chittenden County Solid Waste District; Vermont Public Transit Advisory Council; Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization (1999-2007, VChair 2001-03, Chair 2003-04); Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission; CCRPC Transportation & Utilities Committee; CCRPC Housing Committee; Chittenden County Transportation Authority.