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  • Resident of Aurora, Illinois since 1983
  • Illinois State Senator, Elected November 7, 2006
  • Elected to the Kane County Board, District 2 seat in 2005 (winning over a 24 year incumbent) - active board member on the Administration Committee, Human Services Committee and assigned by the Chairman to serve on the Health Insurance Sub-Committee and Precinct Subcommittee. Invited to participate in a June, 2005 trip to meet with federal officials in Washington, DC (only 4 board members were invited)
  • Has served, or serves on the following committees - Tanner Historic District, Near West Galena Planning Initiative, Aurora Council of Neighbors (ACON), Neighborhood Revitalization Team, Co-Chair of Aurora Neighborhood Council, Coffee with the Police Chief, Graduate of the Citizen's Police Academy, Alderman Committee Member - Ward 6 Aurora, Aurora Fox River Front Plan Committee, River Shore Vision Plan Committee, Gateway Improvement Plan Committee
  • Active member of the Chicagoland Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) since 1990 - serving on the Board of Directors, became an officer, then, first woman President in 2001
  • Worked her way through college, earning a Bachelor's Degree from National College of Education
  • Board Member of Aurora Primary Care Consortium
  • Supports and regularly contributes to - Sierra Club, Humane Society of the US, National Audubon Society, International Society for Animal Rights, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Conservation Foundation, Special Olympics, National Ms Society

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