Heidi Mohlman Tringe

Profile

Heidi Mohlman Tringe (Montpelier, VT) is a seasoned policy, legislative affairs, and communications professional with extensive experience in both Vermont and Washington, DC. She joined the Montpelier, VT, government and public relations firm MMR, LLC, in August 2010 and became a Partner in 2011. At MMR she advises clients on diverse policy issues on both a state and national level.

Heidi was a member of Vermont Governor Jim Douglas’ senior staff from January 2008 until July 2010, where she served as his liaison with the National Governors Association, the White House and federal agencies, Vermont’s Congressional delegation, and Vermont agencies and departments including the Agency of Human Services (AHS), the Department of Labor, the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration, and the Lottery Commission. Before joining the Governor’s staff she worked for two years at AHS as Principal Assistant, responsible for policy development, legislative affairs, and communications.

She moved to Vermont in October 2005 after serving in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as Director of Legislative Affairs, where she worked on federal research and development policy, the President’s Moon-Mars Initiative, and the confirmation of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. From 2001 to February 2004, Heidi was the Communications Director for the US House of Representatives Committee on Science, helping to coordinate the Committee’s work on the investigations into the collapse of the World Trade Center towers and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, among other issues. From 1996 to 2001, she held a number of positions in the office of US Senator Jim Jeffords (R-VT), including Education Policy Research Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary, and Press Secretary for his 2000 reelection campaign.

Heidi was appointed in 2018 by Vermont Governor Phil Scott to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women. She co-founded the women’s leadership and networking organization ElevateHer Vermont and helped lead the fundraising effort for the Montpelier ArtSynergy Project. She volunteers her time at Montpelier public schools and serves on the Old Meeting House Anti-Racism Task Force. She lives in Montpelier with her husband and two children.