Early Life and Career
Lippert grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Earlham College in 1972 with a B.A. in History. He has lived in Vermont since 1972, and moved to Hinesburg in 1979.
In the early 1970s, he formed the state's first gay men's support group and, in 1983, Lippert worked with others to organize Vermont’s first gay pride rally in Burlington. Later, he was instrumental in lobbying for Vermont’s gay civil rights bill, which passed the legislature and was signed into law by Governor Madeleine M. Kunin in 1991. In 1990, Lippert helped to establish Outright Vermont, an organization dedicated to serving the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth.
In 1992, along with community activist David Curtis, Lippert founded the Samara Foundation of Vermont, a community foundation whose mission is "to improve the quality of life of Vermont's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens." Lippert served as the executive director of the Samara Foundation until 2004. Lippert now works part-time as the senior foundation officer for the Samara Foundation.
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