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Neale Lunderville

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Neale Lunderville
Basic facts
Organization:Burlington Electric Department
Role:General Manager
Location:Burlington, Vt.
Affiliation:Republican
Education:•American University (B.A., political science, 1996)
Website:Official website



Neale Lunderville is the general manager of Burlington Electric Department (BED), the electric utility company of Burlington, Vermont. He was appointed to this position in April 2015. Before that appointment, Lunderville served in several positions within the Vermont state government, including secretary of transportation and secretary of administration under former Governor of Vermont Jim Douglas (R). He is also a former executive director of the Republican Party of Vermont.

Early career

Neale Lunderville earned a B.A. from American University in 1996 and worked for The Ryegate Group, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., as a legislative consultant until 1998.[1]

He returned to Vermont in April 2001 and worked as executive director of the Republican Party of Vermont until January 2002. After that, Lunderville worked as campaign manager for former Republican Governor of Vermont Jim Douglas' gubernatorial campaign in 2002. Following the election, he served as a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors starting in 2003. That year, Lunderville also became secretary of civil and military affairs in Gov. Douglas' office. He went on to work as chief spokesman for Gov. Douglas' 2004 re-election campaign.[2][3][1]

In 2006, Gov. Douglas made Lunderville secretary of transportation, where he served until Douglas appointed him secretary of administration in 2008. The Republican Party of Vermont gave Lunderville the 2008 Richard A. Snelling Award. He was appointed to a ten-year term on the Legislative Apportionment Board, which oversees the reapportionment process for the Vermont State Legislature, in 2010.[3][2][1][4]

Lunderville remained secretary of administration, where he was in charge of the daily operations of the state government, until 2011. He left the state government to work for Green Mountain Power, an electric company, but returned when Governor of Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) named him Irene recovery officer after the tropical storm caused major damage in the state in August 2011. The Associated General Contractors of Vermont awarded Lunderville the 2011 Tropical Storm Irene Recovery Leadership Award for his efforts. He was also elected in 2011 to serve on the board for the Preservation Trust of Vermont, an organization which aims to "help communities save and use historic places."[3][5][2][1][6]

Later career

After directing the recovery efforts following the storm in 2011, Neale Lunderville worked for Green Mountain Power as an innovation and information leader from January to April 2012. He co-founded and worked as CEO of NG Advantage LLC, a natural gas company, starting in April 2012. Lunderville won the American University 2012 Alumni Achievement Award for his career in public service. In 2012, he was also elected to the board of the Vermont Disaster Relief Fund, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was created after Tropical Storm Irene to coordinate resources related to the recovery efforts.[5][2][1]

Campaigns & Elections named Lunderville a top Republican Party influencer in Vermont in 2013, and he was elected to the board of trustees of Champlain College, near Burlington, Vt., the same year.[7][8]

In July 2014, the mayor of Burlington, Vt. appointed Lunderville as interim general manager of Burlington Electric Department (BED), the city's electric utility company. In April 2015, Lunderville became the general manager of BED.[9][5][10]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 City of Burlington, Vermont, "Neale F. Lunderville," accessed November 30, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 American University, "Alumni Award Winner Dedicated to Improving his Home State of Vermont," accessed November 30, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Market Wired, "Neale Lunderville Joins GMP as Enterprise Innovation Leader," January 10, 2011
  4. ↑ Governor Peter Shumlin, "Apportionment Board," accessed November 30, 2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Burlington Electric Department, "Senior Management," accessed November 30, 2015
  6. ↑ The Preservation Trust of Vermont, "What We Do," accessed November 30, 2015
  7. ↑ Cloud Contact Center, "The Influencers 500," January 22, 2013
  8. ↑ Vermont Disaster Relief Fund, "About Us," accessed November 30, 2015
  9. ↑ City of Burlington, Vermont, "Mayor Miro Weinberger Appoints Neale Lunderville as Interim General Manager of Burlington Electric Department," July 1, 2014
  10. ↑ Burlington Free Press, "Lunderville to helm Burlington Electric," March 19, 2015
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