Representative Wayne Burton (D)

Strafford - District 10


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Contact Information

106 Madbury Road
Durham, NH  03824-2012
Wayne.Burton@gc.nh.gov
603.868.5037
Seat #: 4061

Additional Information

House Committee Information
Committee Name: Education Funding
Position:  Member
Personal Biography
5th term in the NH House
Higher Education Administration (retired)
President Emeritus North Shore Community College (Danvers, MA)
Assistant Dean and Director of Accreditation,
Whittemore School of Business and Economics, (now Paul College of Business) UNH;
Interim President, Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor, ME (2021/22)
Dean School of Business and Economics, Salem State University, Salem MA (1993-2000)
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME , A.B)
University of NH (MBA, 1972)
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN; Ed.D.)
U.S. Army, Captain (Germany and Vietnam, 9th Infantry Division, Mekong Delta)
NH State Representative (1985/86, Education Committee), 1989/90 (ED&A), 2016/17 (Elections, Deputy Ranking Member), 2018/19 (Education)
106 Madbury Rd, Durham NH 1974 - present
Local Government Involvement
Durham Town Council (2012 - present with one year off 21/22)
Strafford Regional Planning Commission, NH (2012-2024)
Durham Conservation Commission
Many years to present, steward of Wagon Hill Farm, Durham, NH
Miscellaneous Information:
Author, "Wayne's War" based on the 240 letters written to late wife, Elizabeth, during Vietnam tour, a "Top Seller" for Maine Authors Publishing, Thomaston, ME.
Former board chair, Salem Harbor Community Development Corp. representing Dominican population of "The Point" neighborhood in Salem, MA
Board Chair (two years) the North Shore Chamber of Commerce (MA)
Appointed by former US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan to Committee on Measures of Student Success that successfully revised graduation rate metric to appropriately reflect the incredible success of America's community colleges
Founding board member North Shore Alliance for Economic Development (MA)
Represented Senator John Kerry (MA) on National Small Business Development Centers Advisory Committee (1997-2000)
Towns Represented
Durham