In the NEWS
Elected Experience
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Elected to Waukesha County Executive Committee
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Waukesha County Human Resources Chair
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Waukesha County Health & Human Services Board Chair
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Waukesha County Joint Conference Committee Chair (oversees the Waukesha County Mental Heath Center)
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Waukesha County Heroin Task Force Co-Chair
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Waukesha County Community Development Block Grant Board Vice Chair (federal funds are used to address issues such as homeless prevention and shelter, food and nutirition, domestic abuse, parenting, medical & mental heath, and transportation)
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Bridges Library System Board of Trustees
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County Executive Representative on the Community Action Coalition Board of South Central Wisconsin (whose mission is to end poverty)
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UWM@Waukesha Representative on the UWM Board of Visitors
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Wisconsin Counties Association Health and Human Services Steering Committee
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Vice Chair of the NACo (National Association of Counties) Commmunity, Economic & Workforce Development Steering Committee
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Vice Chair of the NACo Arts & Culture Commission
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Served on the NACo Housing Task Force
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Served on the NACo Economic Mobility Leadership Network
Community Involvement
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Friends of the Women's Center
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Friends of the Waukesha Public Library Board of Directors
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Carroll University Community Council
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United Way Safe & Stable Homes Advisory Council
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Plowshare Fair Trade Marektplace Board of Directors
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Waukesha Reads Steering Committee
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Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books Program Committee
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Member of Waukesha Citizens Police Academy Assocation
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Member of Library Public Art Committee
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Member of the Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum
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Member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Retired Language Arts teacher, Butler Middle School, 30 Years
Results for
Waukesha
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Voted for 12 Waukesha Coutny budgets that have kept us with the second lowest county tax rate in Wisconsin
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Voted to maintain best budgeting practices to protect Waukesha County's AAA bond ratings that has saved hundreds of thoustands of dollars
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Strongly supported and voted for county/city Health and Wellnes Clinic that has saved city taxpayers $83 million over 8 years
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Chair annual Heath and Human Services (HHS) Public Hearing and Community Needs Presentations to help our HHS Board give the County Executive important input on the budget
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Led the successful fight and voted to expand embedded mental heath professionals working with our Sheriff's Department, Waukesha Police, and emergency call center
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Strongly supported and voted for new Mental Health Crisis Stabilization Center
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Co-Chair Heroin Task Force (whose mission is working together to break the cycle of substance use through community action and hope!) whose work has helped reduce overdose deaths