Martine Larocque Gulick is a Democratic state senator representing the Chittenden-Central District in the Vermont Senate, serving since January 2023. Born in Tachikawa, Japan, in 1966 to a U.S. Air Force family, she moved to Ohio, Montreal, and settled in South Burlington, Vermont, in 1972. A longtime Burlington resident since 1995, she raised two children in the New North End and has deep ties to the district, including professional experience in Essex and connections to Winooski through French Canadian heritage. She is a retired high school teacher who taught French and English and served as Library Director in Vermont and overseas, primarily at Essex High School and Center for Technology Essex.

Notable achievements include serving on the Burlington School Board since 2018 , where she co-chairs the Finance and Facilities Committee and addressed challenges like the global pandemic and PCB contamination. In the Senate, she serves on the Finance Committee, as Vice Chair of Health and Welfare , and holds roles on committees like the Advisory Council on Child Poverty, Green Mountain Care Board Nominating Committee, and State Aid for School Construction Working Group . She sponsored a literacy bill to identify early reading deficiencies and co-sponsored library legislation ensuring anti-discrimination compliance and protecting against book banning.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: BA and MA from the University of Vermont; attended public schools in South Burlington.
• Political Experience: Burlington School Board ; Vermont Senate, Chittenden-Central District .