Molly Gray

Former Lieutenant Governor | Vermont

Former Vermont Lt. Governor Molly Gray now serves as the Executive Director of the Vermont Afghan Alliance, a non-profit working to support and assist Afghans resettling in Vermont.

Previously, Molly served as Vermont’s 82nd Lt. Governor, completing her term in January 2023. From 2018 to 2020, she served as a Vermont Assistant Attorney General while also teaching international human rights law as an adjunct professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Before that, Molly worked in Geneva, Switzerland for the International Code of Conduct Association, an international initiative aimed at overseeing the compliance of security contractors with human rights.

Molly launched the Association’s human rights monitoring program and led monitoring
missions into East Africa, Nigeria and Iraq. Gray also previously worked for the International
Committee of the Red Cross where she managed relations with Congress and led field missions to Haiti, Uganda, Georgia, the Western Balkans and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Molly began her career as an aide to U.S. Representative, now Senator, Peter Welch (D-VT).
Molly was born and raised in Newbury, Vermont on her family’s vegetable and dairy
farm. Molly holds an LL.M in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, a J.D. from Vermont Law School, and a B.A. from the University of
Vermont. After graduating law school Molly served as a law clerk to the Honorable Peter W.
Hall on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Molly lives in Burlington with her husband, new baby and two step sons.

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