Claire D. Ayer

Ayer was born September 21, 1948, in Quincy, Massachusetts, and spent her childhood in Charlotte, Vermont. After receiving her high school education at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, she attended the Jeanne Mance School of Nursing in Burlington, becoming a registered nurse in 1969. They settled in Weybridge, Vermont in 1979, after spending four years in the Air Force. Ayer has three adult children and currently lives in Addison, Vermont. Ayer works as a nurse for an OB-GYN in Middlebury, Vermont. ==Public life==

Ayer has served in the following positions: • Member Board of Directors: Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District (1992 - ). • Member Vermont State Senate (2003 - ). • Member Board of Trustees, University of Vermont (2005 - ). • Member Weybridge School Board. • Member of the board of the Middlebury Area Land Trust. • Member of the Weybridge Conservation Commission. • Member of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant Committee. During the 2015–2016 Legislative Session, Claire D. Ayer was one of three sponsors of Senate Bill S.31, "An act relating to possession and transfer of firearms", which sought to require background checks on substantially all firearm sales, and to prohibit the sale of firearms to persons convicted of certain violent crimes. ==See also==