Sabina Haskell, Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Strategy & Development
Sabina Haskell will become the executive director of the State Workforce Development Board. Haskell served as chair of the Natural Resources Board, with previous stints as deputy commissioner at the Department of Liquor and Lottery and deputy secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources under Governor Jim Douglas. Haskell’s wide-ranging business background in Vermont includes both the public and private sectors across a variety of industries. She was director of public affairs at Vermont Student Assistance Corp., regional communications director for FairPoint Communications, and has over a decade of experience as a newspaper editor with the Manchester Journal, Bennington Banner, Rutland Herald, and Brattleboro Reformer. She was president of the Vermont Press Association for three terms, a founding member of the Vermont Coalition for Open Government and has served on school and municipal boards in Sunderland, Montpelier, and Burlington. Appointed by Governor Peter Shumlin in 2014, Haskell also served on the board of directors for SerVermont, the state’s AmeriCorps program.
Contact: sabina.haskell@vermont.gov