Accomplishments
In Newtown and Connecticut:
- Newtown Legislative Council (2021-2023)
- Workspace Advisory Committee (2021-2025)
- Newtown Board of Education (2013-2021, Chair 2017-2021)
- Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, Board of Directors (2013-2021)
- EdAdvance Regional Education Service Center, Board of Directors (2013-2020, President 2020, Vice President 2018-19)
- Representative to CSDE/RESC Alliance Regional Advisory Team to examine return to school during COVID (2020)
- Co-Chair of the State of Connecticut General Assembly’s Task Force to Study Life-Threatening Food Allergies in Schools (2016)
- Member of Newtown Charter Revision Commission (2012)
- Newtown Volunteer Task Force / United Way (2012-2013)
- Middle Gate PTA – Library Volunteer Coordinator (2010-2015)
- Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, State Government Relations Chair
- Two years on the Board of Selectmen
- Two years on the Legislative Council (currently serving)
- Eight years on the Board of Education (4 years as Chair)
- One year on a Charter Revision Commission
Professional Experience
- Regulatory Submissions Scientist (current)
- Adjunct Professor, Brown University
- Research Fellow, Rhode Island Hospital
Education
- Brown University, PhD in Biology
- Cornell University, BS in Animal Sciences