Wilmer is the Superintendent of the Winooski School District, where his leadership has brought a national spotlight to a small community of refugees and immigrants in the heart of New England, a district often hailed as a national model for what genuine support for vulnerable students and families looks like. His growing profile has been covered by national and international publications, including MSNBC, The Boston Globe, the Associated Press, Univision, CBS, The Guardian, Fox News, and many others. He is a steadfast advocate for policy change from the local to the federal level, having been invited to provide testimony in Congress and successfully ensuring the enactment of a law designating all schools across the state of Vermont sanctuary spaces for immigrant children, a first in the country. Wilmer is a Davis Scholar and Thomas J. Watson Fellow. He holds degrees from Earlham College, The University of New Mexico, and Harvard University. His leadership and advocacy trace back to his beginnings as an Educator in northern New Mexico, where he served first as a teacher at the Espanola Valley High School and then as the principal of the Eutimio Salazar Elementary. He cherishes his connection to New Mexico and considers himself fortunate to be a part of the LANL Foundation.
