Elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly November 2022.
Current Wisconsin Assembly Committees:
Committee on Agriculture
Committee on Corrections
Committee on Energy and Utilities
Committee on Family Law
Committee on Rural Development
Committee on Transportation (Vice-Chair)
Speaker’s Task Force on Childhood Obesity (Chair)
Currently serving on the Midwest Council of State Governments Energy Committee
2023 Fellow of the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development
Completed the 2023 State Legislative Leaders Foundation Emerging Legislative Leaders Program
Village of Fall Creek, WI Trustee (2021 to present)
Village of Fall Creek, WI Library Trustee (2021 to present)
B.A. in Spanish, Truman State University, 1980
Diploma in Comprehensive Nutrition, Huntington College of Health Sciences, 1994
M.S. in Biochemistry, University of Saint Joseph, 2017
Candidate for Master of Public Health, George Washington University, expected graduation 2025
Nutritionist; owner of Karen R. Hurd Nutritional Practice, 1994–present
K–12 substitute teacher, Fall Creek School System, 2021–present
Served as U.S. Army Captain, Military Intelligence, 1980–84.
Married to husband Steven for 46 years, five grown children, six grandchildren.