Daisy Berbeco is a Democratic representative for Chittenden-21 in the Vermont House of Representatives, serving since 2023. Born in Alaska and residing in Winooski, Chittenden County, her career centers on mental health and substance use advocacy, policy, and practice improvement. She won her seat in the 2022 general election with 1,813 votes . Notable achievements include leadership roles such as Director of Special Projects at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Senior Advisor for Mental Health Policy at the Vermont Department of Mental Health, and Secretary for the Finance & Policy Division of the National Association of Mental Health Program Directors. She serves on boards including NAMI Vermont, VAMHAR, the Vermont Judiciary Commission on Mental Health and the Courts, and the National Academy of State Health Policy’s Behavioral Health Committee; she is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Health Care and a member of the House Discrimination Prevention Panel.

Education and Political Experience

• Attended Sonoma State University and the University of Sussex.
• Worked internationally in global health and nonprofits before Vermont.
• Six years at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, leading SAMHSA’s BHbusiness program for 3,200 organizations and contributing to the Affordable Care Act and Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act .
• Managed national consulting on trauma-informed care, peer recovery, and integration.
• Member of Vermont’s Substance Misuse Prevention and Oversight Council and Suicide Prevention Coalition.
• Executive board member, Urban Institute’s Vermont Prison Reform and Innovation Network .
• Advisory roles: Hopi Foundation’s Substance Use Prevention Center , Winooski School District’s Anti-Racism Steering Committee.
• 2021 graduate of Emerge Vermont.
• Candidate for Winooski City Justice of the Peace in 2024.