Personal Information:

Home City: Scottsdale
Occupation: Activist
Member Since: 1995

• Chair, Greater Southwest Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation
• Recipient of the Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped 2004 Humanitarian Award
• Named “Scottsdale Woman of the Year,” by the Women of Scottsdale, 2004
• Named “Legislator of the Year,” State Senate,  by Arizona Chamber of Commerce, 2003
• Recipient of Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association’s 2003 Legislative Appreciation Award
• Member, Arizona Commission on Medical Education and Research
• Member, Governor’s Prisoner Re-entry Task Force
• Member, Maricopa County Commission of Justice System Intervention for the Seriously Mentally Ill
• Member, National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) Executive Council
• Member, Council of State Governments (CSG) Executive Board
• Named “Legislator of the Year,” by Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, 2003
• Named “One of the Top 50 Community Leaders” for Scottsdale’s 50th Anniversary, 2003
• Member, Arizona Governor’s Film and Television Advisory Board, 2002
• Member, Commission on Women’s Health
• Member, Advisory Taskforce on Improving Outcomes for Incarcerated Women
• Received Scottsdale Hospitality Commission legislative award
• Member, Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce Community and Legislative Development Committee
• Member, WISH List
• NCSL Effective Government Committee
• Fountain Hills Republican Forum
• Fountain Hills Republican Women’s Club
• Advisory Council, McDowell Sonoran Land Trust
• Member, Desert Foothills Land Trust
• Member, McDowell Park Association
• Advisory Board, Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped
• Advisory Board, Scottsdale Leadership
• Member, Scottsdale Forum
• Board Member, Institute for Mental Health Research
• Board Member, Healthy Arizona 2010
• Board Member, Arizonans for Cultural Development
• Member, Arizona State University Nursing Advisory Board
• Member, World Affairs Council
• Morrison Institute
• Member, Arizona’s BioScience Roadmap Steering Committee

• Senator Jon Kyl’s Re-election Committee
• Precinct Committeeman
• Founder of Las Rancheras Republican Women
• Leadership Council, National Federation of Republican Women Board of Directors
• Chairman, Arizona Federation of Republican Regents
• Volunteer Chairman, Western Region Reagan-Bush Committee, 1984
• Member, Reagan Inaugural Committee
• Member, Republican National Policy Forum, National Resource/Energy Committee