Born and raised in Lebanon County

Married 39 years

Two Grown Children, two grandchildren

Lebanon County Commissioner (96-99)(04-11)-- Completed both basic and advanced Academy for Excellence in County Government.  Sit jointly with other commissioners on the Assessment, Election, Emergency Management Agency for disasters, Management Information Systems, Metropolitan Planning Organization,  Prison and Cedar Haven boards.  In addition, liaison to Ag Extension Agency, County of Lebanon Transit Authority, Economic Development Corporation, Housing and Redevelopment Authority,  Resource Conservation & Development District, South Central Employment Corporation,  & United Way.

Board member & liaison for the Chamber of Commerce, Conservation District,  Lebanon Valley Economic Development Corporation, & Penn State Cooperative Extension.  Former member of Drug & Alcohol Commission, MHMR, & Renova Center boards.

Owned and operated Lebanon Body Shop through 2000. Currently operate Litz Co. (commercial rentals), Notary and tax service, and substitute teacher.

President Swatara Watershed Association

Member Trinity United Methodist Church Lickdale

Current Associations &/or Boards:   American Business Women,  Canaan Valley Institute, Center of Lebanon Association, Chamber of Commerce, Community Homes of Lebanon Valley, Friends of Old Annville, Friends of the Union Canal, League of Women Voters, Lebanon County Democratic Committee, Lebanon County Historical Society, Lebanon Women's Club, MTP, PA Farm Bureau, Lions, Rotary, Capitol Area Resource Conservation & Development District.  Modern Transportation Partnership--Corridor II passenger rail; CCAP's Energry Environment and Land Use Committee where she was appointed to the Low Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee; State Farmland Preservation Board; and Storage Tank Advisory Committee; South Central Assembly.

Past Associations &/or Boards:  Governor's Trial Court Nomination Commission, Lebanon County Agricultural Land Preservation Board, Business & Professional Women, Junior Achievement Instructor, Lebanon Career & Technology Center Auto Body Advisory Board, LV Conservancy, National Federation of Independent Business, Pennsylvania Automobile Association, Lickdale Association of Faculty & Parents, Northern Lebanon High School Key Communicator, Quota, PA Democratic State Committee.