Bridget Burkhardt

Bridget Burkhardt is a Democratic state representative from Chittenden-8 who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since January 2025 and is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election against Republican Mitchel Cypes.[1][2] She is an investor and a former South Burlington School Board member.[1][3]

Bridget Burkhardt graduated from University High School, earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1995, and received a graduate degree from Harvard Business School in 2000.[1] In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey, she said she was raised in rural central Illinois, worked in investment banking and private equity in New York, and joined Bridges Fund Management in London in 2001.[3] She said she later worked at a venture capital firm and at ShoreBank International until 2013, when she paused her career to raise children.[3]

Burkhardt said she moved to South Burlington in 2010, served on the South Burlington School Board from 2016 to 2022, and returned to Bridges as a portfolio manager in 2022.[3] She assumed office in the Vermont House on January 8, 2025, succeeding Noah Hyman, and advanced from the Democratic primary on August 11, 2026.[1] In the survey, she listed education, affordable housing, healthcare, the environment, civil rights and responsible economic development as policy areas she is passionate about.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.