THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE
20092010 Biennial Session --

 

 

 Senator Amanda Merrill, D-Durham
Senate District 21

Amanda Merrill is a first-term senator from Durham. She served in the New Hampshire House from 1989 to 1998, including a term as Deputy Democratic Leader, and was a House policy staff member during the 2007-08 biennium.

Senator Merrill attended public schools in South Hampton and Hampton, graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1974, and received a Ph.D. from Dartmouth in 1979. She taught psychology in the Massachusetts university system and worked as program associate in the undergraduate research program at UNH.

Her community and non-profit service has included membership on the Durham Planning Board and the boards of the UNH Alumni Association, the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, and the Granite State Conservation Voters. She also worked as visual arts coordinator for the Mill Pond Center for the Arts. 

Senator Merrill has lived in Durham for 30 years with her husband Ken Fuld, a longtime UNH faculty member currently serving as interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts. They have two children, Anna and Sam.

 

Committees:
EDUCATION
ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WILDLIFE, FISH AND GAME AND AGRICULTURE
Legislation:


Senate District 21 comprises:
Dover, Durham, Epping, Lee and Rollinsford.


Contact Information:

Senate Office:
State House Room 105-A
107 N. Main St.
Concord, N.H. 03301
amanda.merrill@leg.state.nh.us
(603) 271-7803


Home:
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Durham, NH  03824

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