Christine Miles has lived in Manchester, Vermont, for almost 30 years. She completed undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of New Hampshire and after graduation taught French in the Williamstown school district. After the birth of her first son, Ms. Miles stopped teaching and focused on her family business and participating in local non-profits. She created and fundraised for the Manchester Elementary School’s language program, has sat on the Board of Burr & Burton Academy and The Mark Skinner Library, and ran the capital campaign to build the Manchester Community Library. She and her husband Joe have three children.