About Genevieve

My name is Genevieve Duchesneau, and I am proud to call Proctor my home. Of all the places I could have settled, I chose Vermont, and I chose it on purpose. I was looking for a community that puts its neighbors first and isn’t afraid to do things its own way for a better future, and I found it right here, among neighbors whose values match my own. I will be here for the long haul.

A maker and a problem-solver

My path was not a straight line, and I am proud of that. I worked my way through an online degree in computer information systems while holding down everyday jobs, and moved into my chosen career field where I have been working for a decade. I have worked on some of the hardest problems in technology. I helped build safety systems that keep self-driving trucks from hurting people, and I worked on artificial intelligence and virtual reality. I have helped startups turn early ideas into real products, and I have built secure systems that protect people’s private health information. Today I write software for contracting firms, and I have co-founded a startup making a home management app for everyday families.

In our community

I care about the everyday things that make a small town work, like walkable main streets, internet that reaches every home, and roads and water systems we can actually afford to keep up. Those are the things that let families and local businesses put down roots and stay. I served on the board of a local non-profit, and I volunteer doing community technical support at the Brandon library when I can.

Outside of work I am a lifelong reader with a well-stocked personal library, and a maker at heart. When I am not writing my own software or fiction, you will often find me in the garden, out foraging with my wife and dogs, working on a project around the house, or playing music.

Why I am running

I got into technology to build tools that make people’s lives easier. Over the years I watched too many of those tools, built by people like me, get used in ways that serve a powerful few instead of the rest of us. That is the opposite of why I do this work, and it pushed me to act.

I am running for the Vermont House to put that same problem-solving to work for Pittsford and Proctor. I want to understand what people really need first, and then do the steady, accountable work to deliver it. I see the same pressures you do. Property taxes are climbing faster than paychecks. Families and seniors are being priced out of the homes and towns they love. The services we count on, from our local schools to rural health care, are under real strain.

My focus is simple, and it is local. I want to bring down the cost of living, fight for schools and housing our families can afford, and make sure our two towns are talked with, not just talked about.

My commitment to you

You deserve a representative who shows up between elections, not just at campaign time. I will make it my job to be there for you, at town meetings, at the school board, and at your door when you need me. That means knocking on doors, returning calls, and showing up at town meetings all year long, not only when it is time to ask for your vote.

Show up. Listen. Deliver.