Secretary of State, State of Maine, 2021-present

Candidate, Maine State Senate, District 14, 2016, 2018, 2020

Senator, Maine State Senate, District 14, 2016-2020

Candidate, United States Senate, 2014

Former Chair, Conduct and Ethics Committee, Maine State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, Maine State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Maine State Senate

Former Chair, Labor and Housing Committee, Maine State Senate

Executive Director, Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, 2018-2020

President/Owner, Bellows & Company, 2015-2018

Interim Executive Director, LearningWorks, 2015-2016

Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, 2005-2013

Field Organizer, Washington Legislative Office, American Civil Liberties Union, 2003-2005

Program Associate, AmeriCorps VISTA Community IMPACT! Nashville, 2001-2002

Small Business Development Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, Panama, 1999-2001

Research Associate, Economists Incorporated, 1997-1999

Member, Manchester Conservation Commission, 2012-present

Former Member, Coalition for Maine Women

Former Member, Mainers United for Marriage

Member, Right to Know Advisory Committee

Former President, Women In Development/Gender and Development

Participant, Emerge Maine, 2015

Board of Directors Member, Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, 2011-2013

Founding Member, Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition, 2005-2013

Co-Chair, Protect Maine Votes, 2011

Former Member/Treasurer, Maine Choice Coalition, 2005

Awards:

Community Hero Award, Community IMPACT! Nashville, 2002,
Magna Cum Laude Graduate, Middlebury College, 1997,
Frances Perkins Center Award, 2009,
Women's Health Center Leadership Torch Award, Mabel Wadsworth, 2012,
Maryann Hartman Award for Maine Woman of Achievement, Curriculum and Women's Studies Program, University of Maine Women, 10/2010,
Achievement Citation Award, American Association of University Women of Maine, 04/2013
Community Organizing and Social Activism Award for Women Leaders, Maine Democratic Party, 09/2009

Father's Name:

Dexter

Father's Occupation:

Owner/Carpenter, Bellows Woodworks

Favorite Book:

David and Goliath by: Malcolm Gladwell
Profiles in Courage by: John F. Kennedy
The New Jim Crow by: Michelle Alexander
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles by: Fabio Geda
Fighting for Common Ground by: Olympia Snowe
Dangerous Convictions by: Tom Allen
Contagious: Why Things Catch On by: Jonah Berger

Favorite TV Shows:

Chopped, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Shark Tank

Mother's Name:

Janice

Mother's Occupation:

Nurse