About Jonathan Cooper
Jonathan Cooper

Jonathan Cooper

Office: State House (VT) - Bennington-1 , Democratic
On The Ballot: True, Democratic for State House (VT) - Bennington-1

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  • Birth Date

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  • Birth Place

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  • Home City

    Bennington, VT,

Family

Wife: Kate; Children: 3 Daughters,

EDUCATION

MA, Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011-2013
MA, Landscape Design, The Conway School: Graduate Program in Sustainable Planning and Design, 2008-2009
BA, Philosophy, History of Mathematics and Science, St. John's College

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Representative, Vermont State House of Representatives Bennington-1, 2025-present
Board Members, Better Bennington Corporation, 2019-2023
Residential Counselor, Riverside Community Care, 2004-2008
Candidate, Vermont State House of Representatives, District Bennington-1; 2024

COMMITTEES

Commerce and Economic Development Committee

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Community & Economic Development Program Manager, Bennington County Regional Commission, 2016-Present
Research Assistant, UMass-Amherst Center for Economic Development, 2011-2015
Research Director, Institute for Nuclear Host Communities, 2013-Present
Tutor, Study Point, 2007-2011
Project Assisstant, Mullin Associates

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Chairperson, Sunrise Family Resource Center INC, 2018-Present