19 Facts About Anne Watson

Anne Watson served as Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont, from March 2018 to March 2023.

Anne Watson served on the Montpelier city council for several years before running unopposed for mayor in late 2017.

In 2010, Watson launched an eventually successful campaign with the Vermont Youth Ultimate League to recognize Ultimate Frisbee as an official varsity-level sport in Vermont's high schools.

Anne Elizabeth Watson was born in Burlington, Vermont and raised in nearby Essex.

Anne Watson is a 1999 graduate of Essex High School.

Anne Watson received her bachelor's degree in mathematics, with a minor in physics, from Penn State University in 2003.

Anne Watson next enrolled at the University of Vermont, where she completed a one-year master's degree in secondary education with a specialty in science.

Anne Watson joined the faculty of Montpelier High School as a physics teacher in 2004.

Anne Watson having completed 5 years fellowship became a Senior Fellow at the Knowles Teacher Initiative.

In 2015, Anne Watson appeared before the State Education Committee to advocate for a plan in which students from China would spend a year in Montpelier, attending the local high school.

Anne Watson proposed that the students would be housed in the dormitories of the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Anne Watson received a Rowland Foundation Fellowship to further work on this proposal.

In 2010, Anne Watson launched a campaign with the Vermont Youth Ultimate League to recognize Ultimate as an official varsity-level sport in Vermont's high schools.

Anne Watson, who had played Ultimate in college and coaches the sport at Montpelier High School, led a seven year state lobbying effort on behalf of the sport.

Anne Watson's efforts proved successful on November 3,2017, when the Vermont Principals Association, which supervises the state's high school sports programs, unanimously approved Ultimate as a full varsity sport, beginning in the Spring 2019 season.

Anne Watson has been widely credited with Ultimate's landmark varsity recognition through her campaign.

Anne Watson entered politics in 2012 when she was appointed to the vacant District 2 seat on the Montpelier City Council.

Anne Watson served three terms on the city council from 2012 until she left office to become mayor in 2018.

Anne Watson campaigned on a platform with a focus on finances, infrastructure, the environment, and development.