EDUCATION:

B.S. in Nursing, University of Washington, Specializing in Pediatrics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Registered Nurse. Experience includes cardiac surgical care, operating room, family practice, medical-surgical, and school nursing

LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE:

State Senator, 5th District

• Ranking Republican, Senate Health and Long-Term Care
• Deputy Floor Leader
• Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care
• Governor's Advisory Board on Higher Education
• Ranking Republican, International Trade and Economic Development Committee
• Ways and Means Committee
• Early Childhood, K12, and Higher Education Committee
• Joint Committee on Economic Development and International Relations
• Long Term Care Task Force, Chair
• Public Health Financing Study
• Jt. Oversight Committee on International Trade, Vice Chair
• Senate Delegate and Exec. Board Member, Pacific NW Economic Region, Chair, Health Care Working Group
• I405 Executive Committee, '01 - present

State Representative, 5th District

• Ranking Republican, Health Care Committee
• Appropriations Committee, '00 – '04
• Joint Committee on Pension Policy, Executive Board Member, '02 - '04
• Legislative Liaison to Gambling Commission, '02 – '04
• Legislative Transportation Committee, Commerce Corridor Study '02
• Republican Caucus Vice Chair, '01-'02
• Technology, Telecom, and Energy Committee, '01 - '02
• Trade and Economic Development Committee, '01
• Health Care Committee, Vice Chair, '99-00
• Transportation Committee, '99-'00
• Children and Family Services Committee, '99-'02
• Assistant Republican Whip, '99-'00
• Joint Executive Task Force on Long Term Care, '99

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

More on my civic activities here