Government experience

Arapahoe County Citizens Budget Review Committee

Arapahoe County Ethics Committee

House District 40 candidate, State House of Representatives (2004)     

Colorado Democratic Party activist, 25 years

18th Judicial District Nominating Commission, 6 years

                    Community Involvement

Aurora Chamber of Commerce, including Government Affairs Committee

SE Metropolitan Law Club

Colorado Bar Association, including Secretary of Solo/Small Firm Section

Aurora Bar Association, including Secretary-Treasurer

CAN (Colorado Anti-hunger Network)

RESULTS volunteer (15 years), working to build the political will to end hunger and poverty, including:

        group leader and project coordinator,

        contact with Colorado’s Congressional offices

       12 trips to Washington, DC to lobby for measures to alleviate poverty

Mile Hi Church Foundation

Windsor Gardens Optimists (14 years)

Beyond War, including Bioregion Representative and newsletter editor

Girl Scouts fundraising volunteer and group leader

          Education and Professional Experience

Attorney at law, sole practitioner 30 years

Practice emphasizing estate planning, probate and elder law

Colorado Institute of Leadership Training

University of Wyoming College of Law

         Juris Doctorate with honors

       Editor-in-chief, Land and Water Law Review

       3 American Jurisprudence awards, CGS award

 University of Wyoming

       Bachelor of Arts with honors in mathematics and English

High school teacher of mathematics and English (3 years)

                              Personal

Born in Denver, and raised in Lander, Wyoming

Resident of Aurora and Arapahoe County for 30 years

Married to high school teacher

Mother of three adult children, all graduates of Colorado universities