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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Taxation Committee, Maine State House of Representatives

Education

  • MAT, Special Education, National Lewis University, 1997-1998
  • MSHR, Human Resources and Labor, Loyola University at Chicago, 1976-1978
  • BA, Loyola, National Louis University, 1973

Professional Experience

  • MAT, Special Education, National Lewis University, 1997-1998
  • MSHR, Human Resources and Labor, Loyola University at Chicago, 1976-1978
  • BA, Loyola, National Louis University, 1973
  • Teacher and Tutor, Maine School Administrative District 71, 2001-present
  • Vice President of Human Resources, The Chicago Corporation, 1988-1997

Political Experience

  • MAT, Special Education, National Lewis University, 1997-1998
  • MSHR, Human Resources and Labor, Loyola University at Chicago, 1976-1978
  • BA, Loyola, National Louis University, 1973
  • Teacher and Tutor, Maine School Administrative District 71, 2001-present
  • Vice President of Human Resources, The Chicago Corporation, 1988-1997
  • Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, District 9, 2018-present
  • Candidate, Maine State House of Representatives, District 9, 2014, 2018

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Taxation

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MAT, Special Education, National Lewis University, 1997-1998
  • MSHR, Human Resources and Labor, Loyola University at Chicago, 1976-1978
  • BA, Loyola, National Louis University, 1973
  • Teacher and Tutor, Maine School Administrative District 71, 2001-present
  • Vice President of Human Resources, The Chicago Corporation, 1988-1997
  • Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, District 9, 2018-present
  • Candidate, Maine State House of Representatives, District 9, 2014, 2018
  • Chair, Kennebunk Democratic Town Committee, 2010-present
  • Member, Maine State Democratic Committee, 2010-present
  • Public Member, Maine Dental Board of Examiners, 2008-present
  • Participant, Emerge Maine, 2013
  • National Delegate, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, 2008, 2012

Other Info

Favorite Book:

Imagining Ichabod

Favorite Movie:

Trumbo

Favorite Musician:

Rhythm Future

Favorite Quote:

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

-Congresswoman Barbara Jordan

Those friends thou hast, and their acceptance tried...grapple them to thy soul like hoops of steel!

-Shakespeare, Hamlet

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

-Albert Einstein

Favorite Sport:

Olympic Wrestling

Favorite TV Shows:

Meet the Press

Names of Grandchildren:

Jake, Grace, Avery, Lauren

  • 4 Grandchildren

  • Two 8-1/2-year-old Yorkshire Terriers: Reggie and Rory

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

My blue collar parents worked hard so that I could live the American dream: get a solid education that leads to a good job and to buy a home for your family. As a businesswoman for 30 years, a teacher for 16 years and a lifelong volunteer, I have seen first-hand that most people do not have the opportunity to share in these dreams. I want to help those families who struggle, those seniors and veterans who need a hand, and serve as a good steward and protector of this beautiful state.