Representative Susan Almy (D)

Grafton - District 17


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Contact Information

266 Poverty Lane 4B
Lebanon, NH  03766-2730
susan.almy@comcast.net
603.448.4769
Seat #: 5005

Additional Information

House Committee Information
Committee Name: Ways and Means
Position:  Member
Committee Function:
It shall be the duty of the Committee on Ways and Means to examine and consider the state of the treasury; to consider and report on all bills and resolutions relating to raising money by a state tax and the apportionment of same; matters relating to taxes and fees on tobacco; all dedicated funds except for the highway and turnpike funds; state fees, and all methods of raising revenue for the state; and such other matters as may be referred to it. The Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House in the form of a resolution its estimates of state revenues on a periodic basis.

Personal Biography
Represented Lebanon in the NH House for 28 years and works on revenues, budgets, condominium and homeowner association law, substance abuse, and the revenue aspects of many other issues.

Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA, BA, 1968)
Stanford University (Stanford, CA, Ph.D.,1974)

Rep. Almy works on the conservation commission and affordable housing mostly at the local and regional level, but also state. She cares deeply about the dangers of global warming and has participated in those issues personally and somewhat at the state level. She trained as an economic anthropologist, and worked for 2 years in Kenya, 6 years in Bahia, Brazil, 5 years in Southwest Cameroon and 3 years in Madagascar. She evaluated Latin American rural and agricultural projects for 4 years for a New York foundation and pioneered the teaching of economic research methods for master's students in Brazil. After 22 years in rural and agricultural development living in Africa and Latin America, she retired at age 49 due to a lung ailment and returned home to seek a different career.
Local Government Involvement
Rep. Almy is also a member of:
the Lebanon Conservation Commission
the Lebanon Steering Committee on the Implementation of the Master Plan and on the Airport Advisory Commission (both dissolved)
12 years each on the Upper Valley Housing Coalition (dissolved) and Grafton County executive committee. Now 4 years in semi-attached Housing First Group with the City of Lebanon.
Miscellaneous Information:
22 years to date as president-manager of a 22-unit homeowners association.
Immediate family has shrunk to sister and brother-in-law, nephews and their children.
Towns Represented
Lebanon Wards: 1, 2, 3