Candidate, State of Indiana House of Representatives, District 37, 2018, 2020

No caucus information on file.

Senior Counsel/Staff Counsel/Technical Specialist, Traveler’s Insurance Company, 2012-present

Associate Attorney, Smith Fisher Maas & Howard, 2008-2012

Associate Attorney, Abrahamson Reed & Bilse, 2002-2008

Clerk, JJ Stankiewicz & Associates, 2001-2002

Member, Fisher High School Gridiron Board, present

Former Cheer Coach, Fishers High School

Former Member, Fishers High School Gridiron

Member, Fishers High School Tiger One

Former Founding Member, Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary

Former Member, Hamilton Southeastern Youth Board

President, Sagamore Inns of Court

Treasurer, Hamilton Southeastern Rugby Board, 2014-2018

Treasurer/Secretary, Fishers High School Rugby Board, 2015-2017

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Several months ago, my daughter came home from diving practice. She had only been diving for a couple of weeks but was loving it, until that day. Instead of saying hello, she ran past me sobbing and shut herself in her room. When I went to see what was wrong she tearfully showed me that her backpack, shoes, and clothing (including her undergarments), had been ransacked and some extremely vulgar comments were inscribed with black marker. She was devastated and violated. I was furious and heartbroken for my child.
Over the next several weeks my fury at the school turned to frustration as call after call and email after email to the school and the resource officer was met with an inability to do anything. How was it that they couldn't do anything? Both the lawyer and the mom in me were not going to let this go. I needed to know why and how such a flagrant violation and act of aggression against a 13-year-old on school property could not be solved or answered or more thoroughly investigated.
Very quickly, my frustration dissipated. I realized that, in my ways, our educators although compassionate, simply were unable to do anything else. What I learned is they had to adhere to the multiple restraints placed upon them. These restraints are not just laws or corporation rules, but also the image public schools now have to uphold as public schools fight for every dollar they can get as our state's voucher programs siphons money away from them each year. This is wrong. How can they educate, protect, and empower our children, when they don't feel protected and empowered. This realization, this moment, this was when I decided to run for State Representative in District 37.