Madeleine Kunin

Madeleine Kunin is a Swiss-born American diplomat, author, and politician. She served as the 77th governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, and as the United States ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was Vermont’s first and, to date, only female governor as well as the first Jewish governor of Vermont. She was also the first Jewish woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. She is a member of the Democratic Party.