About
I am a Democratic Candidate running for election to the 2024 Montana House District 11.
I put myself through college at the University of Colorado, Boulder and graduated, summa cum laude, with a BA in Psychology, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, in 1977. In 1987, after ten years working in the trenches of human services and raising a young family, I returned to school at Eastern Washington University and graduated with a Master’s in Social Work.
I have extensive experience and skill in leadership, teaching, training, program management and development, managing budgets, and building human service programs that are competent and accountable. I have provided Crisis Intervention Training to community police, risk assessment training to school staff and participated in legislative committees to develop laws that impact persons with mental illness. I have worked with stakeholders and task forces to design new programs, and gathered and analyzed data to help guide new social service policies. I have worked directly with the poorest and most vulnerable of our community members, often at their darkest hours. I know that I have two of the most important skills for making change – the belief that things can be better than they are now and the willingness to work for improvement.
