She is currently a member of the Boone School Improvement Committee. She also represented Boone schools support staff as their union president for 17 years in addition to coaching softball for 8 years. She is a member of the Iowa Retired School Personnel Association and enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with family. Her husband, Richard, recently retired after 39 years as a sheet metal foreman. She has 5 children, 18 grandchildren (several who attend Boone schools) and 6 great-grandchildren whose activities keep her very busy.