REP. HELEN HEAD, a Democrat from South Burlington, was first elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in November 2002. During the 2003-04 biennium she served on the House Commerce Committee and has since served on the House General, Housing, and Military Affairs Committee, which she has chaired since January 2007. She is married to Tom Mercurio. They have a 22-year-old son, Paul, and a 17-year-old daughter, Maria.

Helen has been a community leader for 35 years.  She has served in the following ways:

• Parent volunteer in South Burlington schools (current)
• Member of the South Burlington School District’s Partners for Equitable Schools Committee
• Vermont House of Representative's delegate to the Vermont Commission on Alzheimers Disease
• Acting Coordinator of the Joint Urban Ministry Project (JUMP)
• Promoter of elder independence and affordable housing as Executive Director of Project Home (now HomeShare Vermont)
• VISTA volunteer
• Provider of direct services and fund raiser for elders, people with disabilities, children and families
• Trustee of the South Burlington Library Board
• Volunteer for Hospice of the Champlain Valley, Dismas House, and Small Potatoes, an interfaith project that provides food to disadvantaged Vermonters (current)