v     From Raytown, Missouri (graduate of Raytown High School)

v     Received a B.S. in Education from Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville) in 1976 with lifetime teaching certificate for secondary math and chemistry.

v     Master of Divinity degree from St. Paul School of Theology in KC MO in 1993.

v      Ordained to serve as an elder in the Missouri West Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1994.

v      Student pastor at Orrick UMC (1990-1993). 

v     Associate pastor at Christ UMC 1993-1994,  Lathrop-Turney UMC charge (1994-1999), Mound City-Sharp’s Grove UMC charge (1999-2005)

v      Appointed to  Broadway United Methodist Church in June of 2005

v      Hobbies include ballroom dancing with husband, Scott, bicycling, crocheting, attending art shows and babysitting her three grandchildren.