Before being elected to the state legislature in 2018, I worked in the nonprofit sector, government, law, and finance. I have served in all three branches of government.
I have chaired and served on several local nonprofit boards, including Women’s Support Services, the domestic violence prevention agency in Sharon; the Salisbury Board of Finance, and the Indian Mountain School in Lakeville. I helped raise the money to fund a program in local schools to prevent substance abuse and to build the new firehouse in Salisbury. I currently serve on the board of the Northwest CT YMCA.
I grew up in rural Northeastern Ohio. I earned my BA from Princeton University (1986) and my JD from the University of Chicago (1993).
The bulk of my professional career was in New York, where I worked as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Criminal Division in the Southern District of New York. Before that, I was a lawyer in private practice at Debevoise & Plimpton and a law clerk for a federal judge. Prior to my legal career, I spent four years working in corporate finance at JP Morgan & Co.
My husband, Tom Quinn, and I live in Salisbury, where we raised our three children, Maude, Abby, and Max, and share our home with our dog, Nelly.