Graduate Green Bay Southwest High School; BS University of Wisconsin-Madison; graduate certificate, University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Environmental consultant. Former communications and planning director; municipal and county grant writer.

Member- Wisconsin Council on Domestic Abuse; Education Commission of the States; Council on Workforce Investment; Legislative State Supported Programs Study and Advisory Committee; Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation; Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River Legislative Caucus (chair); National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (state lead); Family & Childcare Resources of Northeast Wisconsin (vice president); Green Bay Area Crime Stoppers (board member); Van Handel Foundation for Families of Children with Special Needs (board member); VFW Auxiliary; Knights of Columbus.

Former member- Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (board member); Small Business Regu