Training and Experience
Licensed Property & Casualty Insurance Broker, numerous IRS certifications, past president of the Winton Woods school district, three term State Representative, and Minority Whip of the State House.
Volunteer/Community Service
I volunteer at every Winton Woods football game in the concession stand. I have also participated in many volunteering opportunities all over Hamilton County.
Key issues include the fair, constitutional funding of public education. The voucher system is costing us more while providing mediocre results. We must pass the fair school funding plan, to address the defunding of public schools that has taken place over decades. Making Ohio a safer state for families to live, by fighting against radical extremist legislation is another top priority. When the state passes extreme laws, it turns away talent, encourages businesses to look elsewhere, and causes young people to move to other states. I have spent years passing legislation to protect women in our state. I want to continue the work I have done to eliminate the statue of limitations on sexual assault and abolish the marital rape exemption.
Democracy works best when everyone can vote. I support automatic voter registration, same day voter registration, increased access to early voting, an expanded vote by mail program, and increased efforts to educate people about Ohio’s election process. I fundamentally oppose the changes being made to restrict access to democracy, such as sneaky changes to ballot language, fewer early voting days, and stricter voter ID laws that disproportionately harm service members, veterans and young people.
As a business owner, and ranking member of the insurance committee, I know what businesses need to come to Ohio. We need to find workable solutions to provide childcare and develop more housing to encourage businesses to pick Ohio when deciding where to move. Furthermore, we must stop passing extremist legislation that turns away the workforce. Big companies won’t move to Ohio if they know talented people won’t move here due to extreme legislation from the State House.
As a former Winton Woods School Board President, a proud product of public schools, and the mom of three girls going through our public school system, education is very important to me. It’s essential that we fix Ohio’s broken method of funding education, and provide fair funding for all school districts. Once we have fair funding, we can pay teachers a fair wage, invest more in educational opportunities, and curb the trend of families taking their children out of public schools.
The state should invest more in the local government fund to ensure our municipalities have the resources they need to provide a superb quality of life for residents. Furthermore, big state government should stay out of local decisions and stop legislating restrictions & mandates upon local governments. Ohio is a home rule state meaning shared powers between the state and the municipality. I wholeheartedly support the ability for local communities to determine what makes sense for them.
Every Ohioan should have affordable access to healthcare. There is so much critical work to do here in the state of Ohio to ensure access as well as equity. I believe in freedom and privacy. The government should never insert itself into personal reproductive decisions.
One of the pressing environmental issues facing Ohio is fracking, and bills like Ohio HB 507, which expanded fracking onto state parks are only making the issue worse. I have opposed any attempted expansion of fracking in Ohio. Another key issue is the impact fossil fuels have on climate change. Decisive legislative action is necessary to mitigate the harmful effects that burning fossil fuels has on the environment. An additional environmental issue that deeply concerns me is pollution. After the tragedy in East Palestine, the need for additional regulations around the transportation of dangerous chemicals became even more clear so I voted for the transportation budget where we have passed historic rail safety.
First off, the government needs to stop passing policies designed intentionally to discriminate against people. This year, HB 68 passed, which was a bill written to prevent Trans children from receiving the healthcare their doctors recommend they get. Every major hospital system in Ohio opposed HB 68, Governor Dewine vetoed HB 68, and yet the State House supermajority overrode the veto, and passed the bill into law. These are exactly the kinds of policies I oppose, because they hurt people, divide us, and serve no productive purpose. Dog whistle politics has no place in state government, we should be working together to find common ground to put people over politics.
