Emma Mulvaney-Stanak

Emma Mulvaney-Stanak
43rd Mayor of Burlington
Incumbent
Assumed office April 1, 2024
Preceded by	Miro Weinberger
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden-17 district
In office January 2021 – April 1, 2024
Preceded by	Jean O'Sullivan
Succeeded by	Abbey Duke
Chair of the Vermont Progressive Party
In office November 10, 2013 – June 9, 2017
Preceded by	Martha Abbott
Succeeded by	Anthony Pollina (acting)
Member of the Burlington City Council
In office 2010–2012
Preceded by	Clarence Davis
Succeeded by	Rachel Siegel
Constituency	3rd district
In office 2009
Preceded by	Jane Knodell
Succeeded by	Bram Kranichfeld
Constituency	2nd district
Personal details
Political party	Vermont Progressive
Other political affiliations	Democratic
Spouse	Megan Moir
Children	2
Education	Smith College (BA)

Emma Mulvaney-Stanak is an American politician, and the current mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Previously, she was a member in the Vermont House of Representatives, representing the Chittenden 6-2 and 17 districts as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. Prior to her tenure in the state house she was on the city council in Burlington, Vermont and chair of the Vermont Progressive Party.

Mulvaney-Stanak was educated at Smith College. She became involved in politics when she was director of the Vermont Living Wage Campaign and as field director for Scudder Parker's gubernatorial campaign during the 2006 election.

Mulvaney-Stanak was elected to the Burlington city council in 2009, but had to resign due to her moving. She won election to the city council in 2010, and at one point she was the only Progressive member of the city council. She was selected to be chair of the Progressive Party and held that position until 2017. She defeated incumbent state representative Jean O'Sullivan for the Democratic nomination for a seat in the state house and won in the 2020 election.

In 2023, Mulvaney-Stanak announced she would run for the mayorship of Burlington in the following year's election. She won the election by just over 6 points and assumed office on April 1, 2024.^[1] She is the first Progressive to serve as mayor of Burlington since 2012, when Bob Kiss left office, and the first woman and openly LGBT person to serve as mayor in the city's history.