CURRENT POSITIONS:
General Counsel – WH Moore Company (since March, 2012) Full Time
Commissioner – Ada County Highway District (ACHD) – Part-Time elected position
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:
Attorney – Idaho
Real Estate Salesperson – Inactive – Idaho
C.P.A. – Inactive (formerly licensed in ID, KY & MO)
EDUCATION:
Juris Doctorate, 1987, Washington University School of Law -St. Louis, Missouri.
Master of Business Administration (Finance emphasis) 1982, Murray State University.
Bachelor of Science – Business (Accounting) 1978, magna cum laude, Murray State University.
LEGAL and REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE:
March 1, 2012 to Present
Attorney – General Counsel – WH Moore Company, Full Time, Meridian, Idaho.
November 2003 to February, 2012
Attorney – Full Time, Self-employed, Boise, Idaho.
June 2004 to June 2013
Real Estate Salesperson – Part-time, Boise, Idaho. occasional transactions only.
September 1994 to October 10, 2003
Senior Attorney – Albertson’s Inc., Boise, Idaho.
June 1988 to September 1994
Attorney – Givens Pursley & Huntley, Boise, Idaho.
December 1985 to Dec. 1986
Law Clerk – Coburn, Croft & Putzell, St. Louis, MO.
January 1986 to May 1986
Law Clerk – Judicial Clerkship Course.
Clerked part-time for Honorable James Meredith, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:
March 1983 to August 1984
Consumer Accounting Supervisor – Jackson Purchase Rural Electric Cooperative
August 1981 to May 1982
Graduate Assistant – Murray State University. Taught principles of accounting.
December 1979 to August 1981
Senior Auditor – Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury
September 1978 to Dec. 1979
Junior Auditor – Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury
COMMUNITY SERVICE – IDAHO:
Ada County Highway District – elected Commissioner in 2004 and re-elected in November 2008 and November 2012, term ends December 2016: one of 5 elected Commissioners who make policy decisions and who oversee an agency with 300 employees and an annual budget of approx. $80 Million for the maintenance of 2,400 miles of roadways, the construction of new infrastructure projects and the coordination and planning of regional transportation system; Vice President 2007-2010; President 2011 and 2012.
Ada County City Emergency Management Council – Jan 2005 to 2013, served as an executive committee member making policy decisions and administering emergency preparedness funds, including funding from Department of Homeland Security.
Junior League of Boise – 1990 to Present, currently serving as an active volunteer in various community service projects through the JLB, including 1 year as chairperson of Second Time Around retail shop. Received 2006 Community Service Award. For JLB’s 80th anniversary in 2008, chosen as one of 80 honored women over the 80 year history of the JLB that exemplify the spirit and values of the JLB.
Idaho Association of Highway Districts – November 2007 to Present, currently serving as First Vice President of the association representing 62 highway districts in Idaho.
Community Planning Association – January 2008 to Present, currently serving as an executive board member making policy decisions and administering funding for two-county Metropolitan Planning Organization; 2010 to Present Chairman Finance Committee.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation – Boise, Idaho Affiliate, – Board of Directors October 1999 through October 2005; Affiliate Treasurer – 2 years; Volunteer – October 1999 to Present, served as a volunteer for fundraising and education projects. Race for the Cure sponsor.
Ada County Boys & Girls Club – Elected in January 2012 as a board member.
Kare For Kids Project – May 2007 through December 2011, served as a committee member of K4K project, a project of the Junior League of Boise providing support services for children in foster care and foster parents in collaboration with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Idaho Business Review Women of the Year Award Chosen for award in 2006.
Idaho Child Abuse Prevention Coalition January 2006 to 2008, served as a coalition member for planning and conducting awareness and prevention activities to reduce child abuse cases and to direct parents and children to appropriate agencies for assistance.
The Bridge Committee – May 2005 through May 2007 – committee member of The Bridge project, a joint project of The Children’s Home Society, the Junior League of Boise, and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Coalition for a Healthy Idaho – 2003-4, served as a coalition member and an advocate for legislation pertaining to health issues.
Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program/CASA – 1990 to 1995 – provided pro bono legal services to guardian ad litem in child protection cases.