Elected: 04/17/2009
Term Expires: 04/30/2013

Education

Niles West High School

Arizona State University

Occupation

Legal Research Consultant - Retired

Public Service
Vernon Township Precinct #387 Committeewoman - Retired

Community Activist
Spearheaded and led a grassroots effort that resulted in the enactment of Buffalo Grove's safety ordinance requiring tighter restrictions for Pit Bulls and Rottweilers. The ordinance states that those two breeds cannot be walked by anyone under the age of 16 years old, they must have a six-foot non-retractable leash, and their yard must have a five-foot fence.

Led the effort to bring awareness of lethal drug use, specifically heroin and methadone, in our village and surrounding communities. Continues to work toward the prevention of, and solutions to, this critical problem.

1998-1999 Prairie PTO Secretary

1999-2000 Ivy Hall PTO Vice President

1999-2000 Willow Grove PTO Secretary

1999-2000 Champions Extended Learning - Parent Liaison

1999-2000 PTO Gift Wrap Co-Chair

2000-2001 Ivy Hall PTO Co-President

2001-2002 District Search Conference Member

2001-2002 District Co-Chair Respect & Responsibility Design Team

2001-2002 PTO Entertainment Book Co-Chair

2002-2003 Twin Groves PTO Teacher Appreciation Co-Chair

2003-2004 Twin Groves PTO Teacher Appreciation Co-Chair

1999-2001 "Penny's Angels" benefiting Leukemia Research Foundation - Executive Board Member

2007 CURED (Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Disease Fundraising) Committee Member

1989, 1999, 2009 Niles West Reunion Committee

Family
I've lived in Buffalo Grove since 1994. For 22 years I have been married to Gary, an attorney and partner in private practice, at Karchmar & Stone, Chicago, Illinois. I have two sons, Jordan and Jed - one in college, and one in high school. I have a dog.

Quote
"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'"
George Bernard Shaw

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
Elie Wiesel

"A People that value its privileges above its principles soon lose both."
Dwight D. Eisenhower

"It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs."
Albert Einstein

"The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King Jr.

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence."
Frederick Douglass

"...Unto thine own self be true"