------------EDUCATION---------

• California Western School of Law San Diego, CA. J.D.
• State University of New York, Brockport, N.Y. B.A
• University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.

------------CAREER HIGHLIGHTS----------

• Elected to Pierce County Superior Court 1992
• Presiding Judge 1999 and 2000
• Past Executive Committee member 4 years and current member 2011-13
• Criminal Division Presiding Judge 2010
• Served as Pro Tem Judge and Commissioner 11 years
• Private practice attorney in Washington and California
• Adjunct Professor University of Puget Sound School of Law 1985 - 1994

------------PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, COMMITTEES----------

• Pierce County Superior Court Committees Member: Local Rules 18 years; Juvenile Court Executive Committee 3 years; Budget & Finance; LINX/Civil Case Management 15 years; Bench-Bar Liaison 6 years; GAL; Guardianship, Probate & Trust; Family Law; Civil Plus; Criminal Plus; Criminal Procedures
• Superior Court Judges' Association, Family & Juvenile Law Comm. 1993-2003; Criminal Rules Committee; Ethics Committee; Guardianship, Probate and Trust Committee; Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee 2011-2014
• Certified Professional Guardian Board, 2003-2004 & 2004-2007; Chair 2003-2007
• Board for Judicial Administration Representative, Pierce, and Snohomish Superior Court Judges, 2000-2004
• Superior Court Judges' Association District 2 (Pierce and Kitsap County Superior Court Judges) Representative 2011-2014
• American Inns of Court, Robert J. Bryan Chapter XXVI, member since 1994; President 2000
• American Judicature Society and American Judges Association member
• Commission on Children, Youth and Families, 1996-2000
• Washington Women Lawyers member since 1980

------------CIVIC INVOLVEMENT-----------

• Gig Harbor Rotary member since 1989; President 2004-2005
• City Club of Tacoma member since 1990
• City of Tacoma Urban Policy Committee, 1980-1985
• YWCA Board of Directors 1983-1989
• Presenter at judicial colleges, continuing education and conferences as well as at other legal education trainings and conferences
• WA State YMCA Mock Trial Competition participant since 1994; District Convener 1995
• Lecturer at judicial colleges and conferences
• WA State high school mock trial participant since 1994
• Career Days participant at middle and high schools
• Pierce County Superior Court's Co-Chair for Paint Tacoma 2003 and 2008