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

• University of Puget Sound, JD 1983
• California State Polytechnic University, BA 1980

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

• Deputy Prosecuting Attorney 1983-1998
• 1996 - 1998 Civil Division, Risk Management/Tort Litigation
• 1986 - 1996 Administrative Deputy, Homicide Trials
• 1985 - 1989 Felony Division, Child Abuse and Sexual Assault
• 1983 - 1985 Misdemeanor and Juvenile Divisions

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

• Superior Court Judges' Associations Board Member, representing Pierce and Kitsap Counties
• Pierce County Superior Court Criminal Procedures Committee Member
• Pierce County Superior Court Personnel Committee Chair
• Pierce County Superior Court Family Court Judge
• Washington Women Lawyers, member
• Past Board Member of the Tacoma/Pierce County Bar Association

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

• Safe Streets Board Member
• American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow
• Participant in Habitat for Humanity,
• Pierce County AIDS Walk
• American Cancer Society's 'Relay for Life'
• Paint Tacoma Beautiful
• 2004 Completed first marathon (26.2 mile run) in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's 'Team in Training'