Press Releases

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak will hold a series of virtual events for public stakeholder engagement to hear challenges, ideas and strategies for financing Vermont’s climate infrastructure. 

Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak today announced the hiring of Rebecca (“Becky”) Wasserman of Burlington as the first Executive Director of Vermont’s new public retirement-savings program, Vermont Saves.

Treasurer Mike Pieciak announced his office will distribute $920,823 from the Higher Education Trust Fund to support Vermonters seeking a higher education degree.

The School Construction Aid Task Force will have its first working meeting this Friday, September 22 at 1 pm.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak will host “From Idea to Investment: Capital Strategies for Vermont Entrepreneurs,” a panel discussion featuring the SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to explore pathways for Vermont's small businesses and startups to access capital.

The request for public comment is issued in connection with a legislative directive for the Treasurer to consider frameworks that would maximize collaboration and resources among state, federal, private, and nonprofit entities to mitigate the impacts of climate change in Vermont.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak joined Governor Scott and state housing leaders to announce $55.5 million in housing investments from the Treasurer’s Office’s 10% in Vermont local investment program.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak announced that up to $53.5 million of State of Vermont Citizen Bonds will be offered for sale on August 24. It’s the state’s first bond offering in more than two years.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak hosted a Virtual Policy Forum on Homelessness on Monday, July 24, 2023. The forum included Vermont housing stakeholders and University of Washington Assistant Professor Gregg Colburn, author of the book "Homelessness is a Housing Problem."

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak and Bennington County Senators announced that over $130,000 of federal funds are available to reimburse Bennington County public entities that conducted search and rescue operations on Green Mountain National Forest land on or after Oct. 1, 2012.