Contact
One Baldwin Street, Montpelier, VT 05633-5301
(802) 828-2295
General Inquires: askjfo@leg.state.vt.us
(802) 828-2295
General Inquires: askjfo@leg.state.vt.us
Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.
Directory
Catherine Benham - Chief Fiscal Officer
Leads the Office. Responsible for general fiscal issues, federal and state fiscal policy, information technology, education, and other subjects as needed.
(802) 828-0111
Sarah Clark - Deputy Fiscal Officer
Budget(802) 828-5769
Supervises the Budget team. Responsible for general fiscal issues, health and human services, Federal and State fiscal policy, Federal funding, Information Technology, assistance with office management, and other subjects as needed. Provides fiscal research and support services to the Legislature. Monitors the fiscal operations of the State including revenues, budgeting and expenditures.
Maria Belliveau - Associate Fiscal Officer
House Appropriations, Energy(802) 828-5971
Provides overall budget expertise and support to the House Appropriations committee, member of the team that drafts and produces the annual budget bill, provides support and analysis in a variety of other areas as requested.
Emily Byrne - Associate Fiscal Officer
Revenue and tax policy(802) 828-5768
Supervises the Revenue team. Offers overall revenue expertise and oversight regarding changes to tax policy, including personal income, corporate income, sales and use, meals and rooms, property, and non-transportation taxes. Provides analysis and assistance on other areas such as State economic development programs, including Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive (VEGI), and supports work on education finance and the fee bill.
Joyce Manchester - Senior Economist/Associate Fiscal Officer
Data and Economic Analysis, Labor Issues, Climate Change(802) 828-3099
Provides policy analysis and research to the legislature on a variety of fiscal issues and works on current issues under consideration by the legislature as needed. In general, issues that come to the senior economist require deeper and more long-term analysis than the usual matters analyzed by JFO. Recent issues analyzed include minimum wage, paid family leave, tax and fiscal policy, state and regional economic analysis, demographic challenges, and decarbonization methods.
Sorsha Anderson - Senior Staff Associate
Provides administrative support to the House Committee on Ways and Means; Manages the JFO approval process of State grants; Monitors and facilitates fiscal note tracking and website accessibility. Coordinates Joint Fiscal Office website improvements and provides website support to staff. Human Resources delegate for the office.
(802) 828-5622
Ted Barnett - Fiscal Analyst
Revenue and Tax Policy(802) 828-5972
Provides analysis and support on revenue and tax policy for personal and corporate income tax, and property tax. Responsible for analysis and review of the annual fee bill and fee report. Provides additional support to other areas including Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and other programs.
Daniel Dickerson - Senior Fiscal Analyst
Legislative Budget and Capital Bill(802) 828-2472
Coordinates the budgeting and financial operations for the legislative branch. Provides fiscal support for the capital bill. Provides research and analysis for ad hoc fiscal issues.
Jeremy Fonte - Systems Analyst
Software Development(802) 828-5968
Creates and maintains software solutions for the Joint Fiscal Office and the legislative budget as a whole. Also creates data visualizations and GIS maps.
Nolan Langweil - Senior Fiscal Analyst
Health and Human Services (802) 828-1043
Focuses on health and human services related issues including health care reform, Medicaid, health insurance, mental health, public health, and other health care finance related issues. Represents JFO as part of the multi-agency joint staff Medicaid budget recommendation and year-end report.
Grady Nixon - Fiscal Editor and Bill Coordinator
Prepares the annual budget and budget adjustment bills. Edits and ensures the accuracy of documents, publications and presentations produced by the Joint Fiscal Office.
Julia Richter - Fiscal Analyst
Education Finance, Climate Change(802) 828-6419
Focuses on the Education Fund, including education finance analysis, property taxes, and other property-tax-related issues. Additional focus includes climate change related issues and policy.
Chris Rupe - Senior Fiscal Analyst
Transportation, pensions, other post-employment benefits(802) 828-5977
Provides analysis on the Transportation Fund and Transportation Infrastructure Bond Fund revenues, Annual Transportation Bill and related issues, and Environmental issues related to transportation. Also works on state and teachers pensions and other post-employment benefits.
Andrea Smith - Committee Assistant
Provides administrative support to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Leads special projects and provides support to the Joint Fiscal Office.
Patrick Titterton - Fiscal Analyst
Economic and Workforce Development(802) 828-6429
Provides analysis on economic and workforce development, and consumption-based taxes and revenues. Supports work on other tax-related issues.
Erin Viera - Senior Staff Associate
Provides administrative support to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Joint Fiscal Committee.