FAQs

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I have been serving the communities in which I live since I was a child. One of my earliest and most poignant childhood memories was serving Meals on Wheels to the frail and elderly with my mom. As soon as I was old enough (11 or 12 yrs old), I volunteered at our local Humane Society in St. Cloud, MN. From there I became a candy striper at St. Cloud Hospital. And from there continued a lifetime of community and volunteer service as a hospice volunteer, companion animal foster volunteer, and serving on numerous non-profit boards, the Eden Prairie Conservation Commission, and statutory reform working groups.
The opportunity to one day work in public policy compelled me to go to law school. I felt that I could bring good ideas, work hard, and work well with others to do good. I ultimately ended up on a litigation and business path, but I have come back to public policy in the past several years. The world has seen so much change and turmoil. The time is right for me to serve as a representative, and I’m ready to get to work for District 49A.

For the past 20+ years, I have worked with people from all walks. From indigent criminal defendants, to CEOs and their C-Suites. From farmers to legislators, academics to practitioners. I have worked across all industries (manufacturing, energy, health care, financial or legal services, banking) to all sectors (private, government, non-profit). I bring a wealth of experience and perspective, the ability to listen and the desire to connect with people. I have served on statutory reform working groups in MInnesota that have resulted in changes to our laws. I am more than qualified to tackle complex issues that require thoughtful solutions.

Yes. I have served on two criminal justice statutory reform working groups, and served as a co-chair on one of them. This work required discussing difficult legal issues and devising solutions that could earn consensus approval. I have also worked on policy issues in other areas of criminal justice and animal welfare.

I am most proud of the bipartisan work I and others have led to begin reforming Minnesota’s Predatory Offender Registry law. Enacted in 1991 after the kidnapping of Jacob Wetterling, Minnesota’s registry was created to help law enforcement quickly identify suspects and solve kidnapping and sex crimes. Many years later, the registry has grown at the taxpayers’ expense, and the government has done nothing to track data about how the registry is working to help protect public safety. Many believe that the registry is working against public safety. With participation and input from law enforcement, MN Department of Corrections, victim/survivor advocates, county attorneys, defense attorneys and others, we are working to make the registry more effective to protect the public and less costly to taxpayers.