My father worked for Western Electric, which means I moved a lot as a child. I was primarily raised in Prairie Village, KS. In high school, my father was promoted and we moved east. I raised my family on the east coast, waiting for the day I could once again live in the west. By the time I retired, we had already bought a house in Bastrop County.
Today, my husband Henry and I live in the River Crossing development in Bastrop County. My daughter lives in Europe with her husband, Eric. My son lives in Uganda and works in the IT field. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law live in the City of Bastrop.
Political Involvement
For more than thirty years, I’ve been involved in the Republican Party.
- Bastrop County GOP Club: A FreedomWorks Team: President
- FreedomWorks Ambassador
- Lost Pines Republican Women: Past-President and founding Board member
- Elected Republican precinct chair: 12 years, 2002-04, 2006-14
- Bastrop County Republican precinct chair: 2018-2022
- Former elected Republican mayor & councilwoman: 10 years in office
- National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW): Former Technology Chair
- NFRW-affiliated local club president and past state treasurer, vice-president
- Republican National Committee Sustaining Member: 42 years
- TexasGOP: Grassroots Club member
Professional Experience
I am currently a Digital & Social Media Consultant, specializing in the use of social media during disasters. I speak to public safety communicators and emergency management professionals across the country and here in Texas.
My IT career spans 40+ years, including:
- IBM Marketing Representative
- Web Manager and Digital & Social Media Manager: responsible for all websites, intranet & social media for a large metropolitan county
- Founding board member and treasurer of the National Association of Government Web Professionals
- Subject of a Hootsuite Whitepaper for development of MCUrgent
(Morris County Urgent) - Recognized by the National Association of State CIOs for my Innovative, Cross-jurisdictional Collaborative Project, MCUrgent
- Recognized in Who’s Who of American Women
- 2018 Winner of the Steven Michael Moore Pinnacle Award