Campaign Phone #
6087929994
Campaign Phone
6087929994
Education
Central Michigan University, B.A.A
Personal Pronouns
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PROTECT Our environment, strengthen our public schools, expand healthcare access, and restore a women's rights to manage their own healthcare and lives.
INVEST WISELY & THRIVE by investing in the future and our people: there are big returns on investment with strong public schools, healthcare for all, uplifting enterprise, rebuilding and expanding infrastructure, and well managed and healthy environments that support tourism, agriculture and recreation.
COLLABORATING for a better today and future helps everyone have the chance to thrive.
My background includes in both professional, and volunteer leadership, including:
-- Small business owner and entrepreneur. Over 30 years as a designer and project manager, served as Disaster Recovery Coordinator Economic Development.
--Co Founder of three non profits serving as President, VP and board positions: Clearwater Farm Foundation, with a mission to keep kids and families connect to a historic farm, work, play and farm with animals. CFF has served thousands over the past 25 years. River to Valley Initiatives, mission to create affordable housing and redevelopment in rural communities. Resulting in over $13M in investment & over 45 housing units. Sustainable Driftless, to promote the smart development and protection of the Driftless Region. Organization production documentary "Decoding the Driftless" , online magazine, and educational materials.
Affordability and also the need for adjusting zoning in community rules in some situations can result in smart and innovative housing design that can be more affordable--smaller, expandable multi family structures and communities as an example. Land use including, infill, adaptive reuse of existing structures and innovative strategies all can play a part. Investing in housing in the context of relationship to services nearby, work opportunities, and reducing overhead costs with smart designs and energy efficiency and new technologies, ability to grow food within the community, all help to reduce living costs and uplift people for closer connections, stronger community ties . All this is a healthier, less stressful lifestyle for so many in need of housing, and also reduces healthcare costs, and commuting costs by providing naturally supportive living situations to access food, services, and work or enterprise.
Non partisan oversight to ensure fairness.
We have to embrace new technologies, address resiliency issues in vulnerable areas, build attractive, energy efficient, and innovative structures that reduce waste, encourage zoning changes to allow for non traditional neighborhoods, buffer zones of community farming and rural areas to encourage planting more trees in all areas, encourage biodiversity and accommodate the idea of edible and pollinator landscaping in and out of villages and communities. It is also important for everyone to embrace these changes and understand the real impact of more beautiful, attractive, and affordable housing and communities, and how that can improve economic opportunity with robust and beautiful environmental use. Living situations are improved and the environment becomes more resilient with less commute time by building housing closer to jobs, and encouraging micro communities that might be accommodated on farms if desired. Reduce sprawl. Accept the limitations of disaster recovery re-investment (replacing existing) and build to withstand the future. Encourage charging stations.
Fully fund public schools, as well as pre-K through skills training and colleges. We haven't done so for 15 years, and it is showing in our failure and impending difficulties with attracting and keeping education professionals in the coming 6 years. We need to be innovative and safe and cost effective in our buildings, and bring back to many of our young people the possibilities of learning, the joy of community, and the support that so many need, early on, before we lose them to so many challenges--dropping out due to homelife challenges, depression, fear, and anxiety. Those with disabilities need to be supported, and integrated to be able to fully reach their own potential. It is good for those with challenges, and those that do not have challenges at that point, to learn empathy, strength, and respect.
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Campaign Phone #
(608)477-0069
Making sure rural communities have a voice in Madison. Over the decades, resources went to larger urban areas and that have hurt rural communities. The past several budgets we have made important investments in rural communities to help rural critical access hospitals and rural infrastructure. This past budget, I was proud to author Act 12, the largest increase in shared revenue to rural communities in over three decades.
Moving forward, I will continue to work for affordable healthcare and accessibility. Additionally, ensuring public safety has the resources they need to protect and serve our communities.
The shortage of affordable housing. This last budget we approved and passed $525 million in three housing bills to help address and improve housing throughout rural communities.
I believe we should move to a Iowa style redistricting model. And this last session I was proud to vote for such a measure.
Over the last several budgets, I was proud to vote for increased producer led watershed grants, the UW-System Fresh Water Collaborative, Cost-share programs for farmers to plant cover crops and nutrient management plans. I voted for a $125 million PFAS legislation. I will continue to protect Wisconsin’s precious water resources. In addition, I voted for an important EV infrastructure bill that will continue to build out our EV charging network.
This past budget we increased by $325 per year per pupil investment into K12 education. And those increases will continue into the future. This upcoming budget we will continue to invest into special education funding, cause we’ve made progress over the past several budgets.
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