Proven Fiscal Responsibility
- South Dakota Legislature (2 years)
- Brookings County Commission (4 years)
- Brookings School Board (6 years)
- Business Property Owner
- Project Director/Special Funds/Grants/SDSU
- Budget Committee/Dietary Dept Head Brookings Hospital/Brookview Manor
- On Budget Construction Projects: County Resource Center
- And County Detention Center Remodeling
- CBM Foodservice Company, Director of Healthcare, Nutrition and Food Safety
- Consultant Dietitian Regional Healthcare Facilities
Positive Leadership Experience
- Veteran, Major, U.S. Army Reserves
- Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development
- Member of SD, ND, MN and Manitoba Legislative Forum
- Chair, Brookings County Commission
- President, Brookings School Board
- Contract negotiation and Intergovernmental Projects President, Brookings Parent and Teacher Association
- Member of the SD and the American Dietetic Association
- Technology and Construction Liaison, Brookings County Commission
- Selected to attend the National Council of State Legislatures' conferences: 'Health Policy for New Legislators' and 'The Public's Health and the Law'
Planning For the Future
- Wellness Counselor/Women, Infant and Children Overseas Program For Military Families
- Member Agriculture and Natural Resources and Health and Human Services Legislative Committees
- Charter Board President East Central Court Appointed Special Advocate Program
- Brookings County Commission's 1st Strategic Planning Committee
- Member of Brookings Community Development Committees
- Brookings School District's 1st Strategic Planning Committee
- Nutrition, Health and Food Safety Specialist/ SDSU Cooperative Extension Service
- Friend of Ethanol Award and Supporter Ethanol Products
- SDSU Graduate and PhD student
- Mother of 4 Brookings and SDSU/NSU Graduates
