79th District
Assistant Minority Leader
Years Served
December 2020 - Present
Committee Assignment
Health Care Availability & Access (Republican Spokesperson); Mental Health & Addiction (Republican Spokesperson); Prescription Drug Affordability (Republican Spokesperson); Approp-Health and Human Services; Human Services; Int Relations, Tourism, & Trade; Medicaid Sub.
Biography
Raised in Momence. Received BSW from Valparaiso University, MSW from University of Illinois – Chicago. Currently serving as CEO of the Helen Wheeler Center for Community Health. Former Social Worker at Riverside Medical Center. She is a citizen legislator who lives in Bourbonnais with her husband.