Rick Hube

Richard W. "Rick" Hube (January 31, 1947 – December 21, 2009) was a Vermont politician from South Londonderry, Vermont. A Republican, he served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing the Windham-Bennington-Windsor 1 District, from 1999 until his death.[1]

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Hube attended school in Farmington, Connecticut, and earned a B.A. in History from Colgate University in 1971. He began his career as a management trainee for the McDonald’s Corp., where he worked his way up to managing the chain’s second busiest restaurant in Connecticut.

He relocated to Vermont in 1978, working first at the Stratton Mountain golf course and spending one winter on the Stratton Ski Patrol. In 1980, he was promoted to personnel director at Stratton and held the same position with Stratton’s sister ski area, Bromley Mountain. Hube subsequently held a variety of management positions at Stratton, including marketing manager, director of recreation and lodging director. In 1990, he started Hube, Inc., a property management firm.

During his term in office, Hube served on the House Commerce, Judiciary, Government Operations, Rules, and Ways & Means Committees, the House-Senate Joint Rules Committee, and the Joint Fiscal Committee. He also served as the House Majority Whip, House Minority Leader, as vice chair of the Government Operations Committee and was elected by his legislative peers to the University of Vermont Board of Trustees. In 2008, he served as Vice-Chair of Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign in Vermont. At home, he was a trustee of the Chapel of the Snows and a founding board member of the Stratton Foundation.

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  1. ↑ http://www.manchesterjournal.com/ci_14051792

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