Randall Szott represents the Windsor 4-1 district in the Vermont House of Representatives. After working as a chef for fifteen years in catering, fine dining, and at sea as a merchant mariner, he is currently the Library Director for the Wilder Memorial Library in Weston, VT. He has been invited to lecture and present on socially engaged arts at conferences and institutions around the United States, even ones that ought to know better. He spent eleven years in college at seven schools in five states and has three degrees - a BA in Liberal Arts, an MA in Interdisciplinary Art, and an MFA in Art Critical Practices.