Personal, Business and Community Profile
- Has lived in Aurora, Illinois since 1983
- Worked her way through college - Bachelor's Degree
from National
College of Education
- Worked 10 years in Market Research, prior to joining
her husband
in their remodeling business (Creative Carpentry
Remodelers, Inc.,
established in 1987)
- Married Mike Holmes - June, 1983
- Active member of the Chicagoland Chapter of the
National
Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) since
1990 - serving on
the Board of Directors, became an officer, then, first
woman President
in 2001
- Has written a weekly home and neighborhood improvement
column
since June, 2001for local newspapers
- Was the featured Handyperson on Discovery Channel's
home
improvement show, "Gimme Shelter" - appearing
in 38 episodes during
the 1997/1998 season
- Has served, or serves on the following committees - Tanner
Historic
District, Near West Galena Planning Initiative, Aurora
Council of
Neighbors (ACON), Neighborhood Revitalization Team,
Co-Chair of Aurora
Neighborhood Council, Coffee with the Police Chief, Graduate of the
Citizen's Police Academy, Alderman Committee Member - Ward 6 Aurora,
Aurora Fox River Front Plan Committee, River Shore Vision Plan
Committee, Gateway Improvement Plan Committee
- Board Member of Aurora Primary Care Consortium
- Worked with the City of Aurora staff to develop guidelines and
ordinances for single-family rental units, nuisance abatement
and
in-fill housing
- Supports and regularly contributes to - Sierra Club, Humane
Society of the US, National Audubon Society, International Society
for
Animal Rights, Natural Resources Defense Council, The
Conservation
Foundation, Special Olympics, National Ms Society
- Elected to the Kane County Board, District 2 seat in 2005
(winning
over a 24 year incumbent) - active board member on
the Administration
Committee, Human Services Committee and assigned
by the Chairman to
serve on the Health Insurance Sub-Committee and Precinct
Subcommittee.
Invited to participate in a June, 2005 trip to meet with federal
officials in Washington, DC (only 4 board members were invited)
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