Senator, Maine State Senate, District 24, 2024-present

Candidate, Maine State Senate, District 24, 2024

Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, District 54, 2014-2022

Candidate, Maine State House of Representatives, District 54, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

Candidate, Maine House of Representatives, District 60, 2008, 2010

Chair, Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Chair, Joint Committee on Marine Resources

Member, Senatorial Vote Committee

Former Member, Joint Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs, Maine State Senate

Chair, Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Maine State Legislature

Former Member, Joint Committee on Taxation, Maine State House of Representatives

Owner/Operator, Simply Healthy, 2009-present

Research Assistant in Program Evaluation, Maine Humanities Council, 2006-2008

Program Evaluator, Bath/Brunswick Literacy Volunteers, 2006

Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Southern Maine and University of Maine, Augusta, 1984-1993

Substitute Teacher, Maine School Administrative District #75/Brunswick Schools, 1983-1984

Curatorial Assistant, The Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, 1984

Director of Internal Communication, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1981-1983

Board Member, Maine Public Health Association, Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention Project, 2022-present

Board Member/Former President, Emerge Maine, 2009-present

Member, American Educational Research Association, 2007-present

Congregant, Congregation Beth Israel, 1988-present

Chair, Emergency Food and Shelter Distribution Committee, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties, present

Volunteer, Read Across America, present

Board Member, Beth Israel Congregation

Volunteer, Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Member, Brunswick Food Shed Advisory Committee

Volunteer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Board Member, Spectrum Generations

Volunteer, Topsham Educational Partnership

Volunteer, Williams-Cone School Parent Teacher Organization

Alumni, Women's Campaign School at Yale

Chair, Topsham Finance Committee, 2008-2014

Treasurer, Interfaith Maine, 2001-2010

Chair, Sagadahoc County Democrats, 2009

Board Member, Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) #75, 1996-2002

Family Selection Committee, Habitat for Humanity Bath/Brunswick, 2000

Awards:

Legislator of the Year, American Legion, Department of Maine, 2015 & 2016

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

June 21, 1981.

First Car:

1971 AMC Gremlin (metallic green).

First Job:

Hostess, The Villa (Italian Restaurant).

Priority Issues:

A prosperity that is sustainable, with enough good jobs to enable our children to stay in Maine, use their education and attain a middle-class life-style. A fair and just system of taxation. Policies that encourage and sustain our locally owned and operated small businesses and manufacturers. Healthcare that is reasonably priced and available to all.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Topsham's people deserve a representative who will speak up for them and for their interests.