Real World Experience:

• Bachelor of Science, Marquette University, Master of Science, UW Madison.
• Registered Nurse and Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
• Co-founder and Past President of Parents Raising Educational Standards in Schools (PRESS).
• Education Research Fellow for the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, Inc. (WPRI).

Leadership Experience:

• Elected to the State Assembly in 2002.
• 2004-2006: Chair, Assembly Committee on Education Reform.
• 2006-2008: Public Sector Chair of the Health Care Reform Sub-Committee of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
• 2007-2008: Chair, Assembly Committee on Health & Health Care Reform, Vice-Chair, Assembly Committee on Public Health. Member of Assembly Committees on Education, Education Reform, and Criminal Justice.
• 2007: Chair, Special Committee on Charter Schools.
• 2009-2010: Ranking member, Assembly Committee on Health & Health Care Reform. Member, Assembly Committee on Public Health, Assembly Committee on Education, Assembly Committee on Education Reform. 
• 2009: Public Sector Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Executive Committee (ALEC).
• Served on Governor Thompson's Task Force on Education and Learning and Model Academic Standards.
• Active member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and the Republican Party of Waukesha and Milwaukee Counties.

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