Molly Gray

Her father, Bob Gray, competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics as a cross-country skier.

Her mother, Kim Mumford, was an alpine skier who was prevented by injury from qualifying for the Olympics.

Her uncle, William B. Gray, was the United States Attorney for Vermont.

Bob and Kim Gray raised Molly and her two siblings on a 225 acre vegetable and dairy farm in Newbury.

The farm is still owned and operated by the Gray family.

Molly Rose Gray (born March 18, 1984) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 83rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2021 to 2023.

Gray was born in Newbury, Vermont, on March 18, 1984.

Gray attended the schools of Newbury and Bradford's Oxbow High School, and graduated from Stratton Mountain School in 2002.

She studied at the University of Vermont (UVM) on an athletic scholarship and competed for the Vermont Catamounts in cross-country skiing.

In the November general election, she defeated Republican nominee Scott Milne 51.3% to 44.2%, becoming the first Democrat to hold the office since Doug Racine left office in 2003.

In 2022, Gray ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, seeking to represent Vermont's at-large congressional district.

She lost the Democratic primary election to Becca Balint.

A native of Newbury, Vermont, Gray graduated from the University of Vermont (BA, 2006), Vermont Law School (JD, 2014), and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (LLM, 2016).

While in college, she interned in U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy's Burlington office.

She was active in Peter Welch's successful 2006 U.S. House campaign, then joined his staff after he took office in 2007.

Gray subsequently worked on human rights issues for the International Committee of the Red Cross.

After law school, she worked for the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers, an organization created to monitor the human rights compliance of private security contractors.

Gray earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in area and international studies from UVM in 2006 and a Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School (VLS) in 2014.

While at VLS, Gray served as symposium editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

She also co-chaired the VLS International Law Society.

She then worked on Peter Welch's 2006 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives, and became a member of his Congressional staff after he was elected.

She later worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross, where she engaged the U.S. government on humanitarian issues and led field missions to Haiti, Uganda, Georgia, the Western Balkans, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A related issue was that Gray had not voted between 2008 and 2018.

Milne also admitted to not having voted in some elections, but characterized himself as a consistent voter and Gray as an inconsistent one.

Gray won the election with 51.3% of the vote.

Gray took office in January 2021, becoming the fourth woman to serve as Vermont's lieutenant governor and the first Democrat to hold the office in 18 years.

Gray graduated from Vermont Law School in 2014 and worked as a law clerk for Judge Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

She earned a Master of Laws in international law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in 2016.

While in college, Gray served as an intern in Patrick Leahy's Vermont office.

A member of the Democratic Party, she was an assistant attorney general for Vermont from 2018 to 2021.

In August 2018, Gray was appointed an assistant attorney general in the Vermont Attorney General's Criminal Division.

She also taught at Vermont Law School, where her courses centered primarily on international human rights law.

In August 2018, state Attorney General T. J. Donovan hired her as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division.

Gray has taught courses at Vermont Law School, with her instruction focused on international human rights law.

In early 2020, Gray announced her candidacy for lieutenant governor.

In the August primary, she defeated better-known state senators Tim Ashe and Debbie Ingram for the Democratic nomination.

Gray announced her campaign for lieutenant governor in early 2020.

She defeated Tim Ashe and Debbie Ingram in the Democratic primary on August 11, 2020.

Gray faced Republican businessman Scott Milne in the November 3 general election.

One major campaign issue was whether Gray met the four-year residency requirement the state constitution mandates for the lieutenant governor; most legal and political observers agreed that she did.