Cheryl Mazzariello Hooker (born February 15, 1950) is an American politician. She has served in the

Vermont Senate The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts, six two-m ...

from the

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

district since 2019. She previously served in the Vermont Senate from 1997 to 1999 and several terms in the

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Biography

Cheryl Mazzariello Hooker is a lifelong resident of Rutland. She graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy and Castleton State College. She and her husband George have four children (Sam, Molly, Emily and T.J) and six grandchildren. Hooker is a retired middle school and high schoolteacher and spends her time with family and friends and volunteers at the Rutland Free Library, The Rutland Community Cupboard, Rutland Dismas House and her church.

Political career

From 1999 to 2002, Hooker served on the Rutland City Board of Aldermen. She also served in the

(1990-1991, 1993-1995, 2000, 2001-2003) and Vermont Senate (1997-1999). In 2018, she was again elected to the Vermont Senate, and she was reelected in 2020. Hooker serves as the Clerk of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs and as the Clerk of the Senate Committee on Institutions. She is a member of the Senate Sexual Harassment Panel. Hooker is one of three state senators serving on the Judicial Nominating Board. In December 2020, Hooker was selected to serve as

Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...

for the 2021-2022 session.

References

1950 births Living people People from Rutland (city), Vermont Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives Democratic Party Vermont state senators Women state legislators in Vermont 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians {{Vermont-politician-stub