About

It has been my privilege to get to know so many of you over the past 18 years through the local schools, in Scouts or as a volunteer on local commissions and committees.
Over the years I have learned not only how the community works, but I have also learned to listen for the heart of our unique community.  It is this diverse combination of civic experience and community representation that I will continue to use to serve you as a UP City Council member
As our beloved city matures, we are faced with the tough questions of how to realize our vision for growth while maintaining fiscal responsibility.  This requires a collaborative leadership approach with a more thorough public involvement process. 
I am already known on the University Place Planning Commission as the one who asks the sticky questions, and you can be sure that I am going beyond staff reports to find answers that satisfy me. 

I will bring that same tenacity to my role as your next city council member to make sure that each of my votes is a vote for you and for our community...   

Let's make this a place that we are all proud to call home. But I can’t do it without you. Please send me a email with your questions or the level of support that you are willing to give to the campaign. 

Community Services:

  • After-School Enhancement Instructor for drawing and ceramics (UP Primary)
  • Awarded a City Proclamation for volunteerism from University Place
  • Board member for Dance Theatre Northwest
  • Boy Scouts 10 years (Leader, Committee Member, merit badge counselor)
  • Business Advisory Committee for Pierce College (2 years)
  • Chair of Capital Strategy Task Force in University Place (1 year)
  • Conservation Futures Board Member
  • Curran Cider Squeeze Volunteer
  • Employee Excellence Hall of Fame - Richard Milburn High School
  • Established a Servant Leadership Day Proclamation for teens earning their organization's highest awards
  • Fund Raiser that sent Scouts on to extended excursions
  • Gilda Club Fund Raiser
  • Girls Scouts 22 years (Leader, Service Unit Manager, Gold Committee Member)=
  • Helped many scouts earn their Eagle Scout and Gold Awards
  • Hess Park Committee PARCs Liaison (1 year)
  • Homestead Park Volunteer
  • PARK Commissioner for University Place (6 years)
  • Parks Appreciation Day Facilitator (3 years)
  • Planning Commissioner for University Place (3 years)
  • Preservation Committees for Kobayashi, Colgate and Curran House
  • PTSA Secretary
  • Regional Center Advisory Committee member for University Place
  • Skate Park and Ball Fields at Cirque Park
  • Steering Committee to select the University Place Fire Chief
  • Tahoma Audubon member
  • Toastmasters (President, VP of Education and Area Leadership)
  • United Way Fund Raiser

 

Biographical Information:

Occupation:
Regional Manager, RMHS, Fort Lewis

 

Education:
BA-Organizational Leadership: Chapman University; MS-Human Resources Development: Chapman University

 

Family:
University Place resident since 1989; married for 33 years with two grown children and one grandchild.

 

Significant Career Experience:
15 years experience employee management, organization, development and conflict management in the retail and educational sectors. Community Involvement: Boy Scout and Girl Scout leadership for 18 years, Vice-Chair for University Place PARCs commission, University Place Planning Commissioner, Chair of the Capital Strategy Task Force, Member Pierce County Conservation Futures Advisory Board, President of Toastmasters at Fort Lewis

 

Work related Leadership:
Achieved several Company awards for project management and HR development that went above and beyond the call of duty for work that was completed in an exceptional manner.  Voted in to the RMHS' Employee Excellence Hall of Fame.
- Member of the National Association of Professional Women
- Member of the Strategic Human Resource Management Association
- Member of Audubon plus several UP citizen groups to save the park land and the Curran House
- Black Belt in Karate

 

Special interests:  
Family, Friends, Politics, Archery and Art.