About Sue

Senator Sue Prentiss is serving her third term representing New Hampshire's Fifth Senate District. Originally from Massachusetts, Sue moved to New Hampshire's Connecticut River Valley in 1992 and has called Lebanon home since 2004. Committed to public service, she became actively involved in her community and was elected to the Lebanon City Council in 2009, serving until 2021. She also served as Mayor of Lebanon from 2017 to 2019.

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Sue brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in emergency medical services at the state, regional, and national levels. She previously served as New Hampshire's first female Chief of EMS at the Department of Safety and as the state's Trauma System Coordinator. She continues to maintain her certification as a paramedic.

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In the New Hampshire Senate, Sue serves on the Health and Human Services, Education, and Transportation Committees. She has been a strong advocate for working families, access to quality healthcare, public safety, and emergency medical services.

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Her leadership extends to the national level. In 2020, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg appointed Sue to the National EMS Advisory Council (NEMSAC), where she served until completing her term in 2025. In 2022, she was appointed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing Advisory Committee, which developed recommendations for Congress to eliminate balance billing for emergency ground ambulance services.

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Sue earned a bachelor's degree from Saint Michael's College and a master's degree from the University of Phoenix. She is also a graduate of the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at Harvard Kennedy School, Leadership New Hampshire Class of 2014, and a 2016 Hoffman-Haas Fellow.

Sue and her husband, Chris, live in West Lebanon. Their daughter, Phoebe, lives in Florida.