S-1387 House Office Building
Post Office Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48933
Full Name:
Betsy Coffia
Gender:
Female
Family:
Partner: Brendan
Birth Date:
09/07/1977
Birth Place:
Valparaiso, IN
Home City:
Traverse City, MI
Graduate, Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Grand Traverse
Bachelors, Social Work, Northwestern Michigan College, 2010
Associates, Northwestern Michigan College, 2005
Representative, Michigan State House of Representatives, District 103, 2022-present
Executive Board Member, Grand Traverse County Democratic Party
Candidate, Michigan State House of Representatives, District 103, 2022
Candidate, Michigan House of Representatives, District 104, 2012
Member, Agriculture Committee
Member, Economic Development and Small Business Committee
Member, Families, Children, and Seniors Committee
Member, Health Policy Committee
Member, Higher Education Committee
Member, Reject Emergency Managers Steering Committee
Director of Alumni Relations, Northwestern Michigan College, 2015-present
Domestic Relations Volunteer Mediator, Conflict Resolution Services, 2013-present
Founder, Coffia Consulting, Limited Liability Company, 2011-present
Family Services Worker, Head Start
Interim Editor, Kalkaskian
Social Worker, Northwestern Michigan Community Action Agency
Editor, The Elk Rapids Town Meeting
Reporter, The Leader
Teaching Assistant, Traverse City Area Public Schools, Montessori
Member, American Association of University Women, Traverse City Branch, 2013-present
Community Garden Volunteer, Traverse Heights and Interlochen Elementary Schools, 2013-present
Volunteer, AmeriCorps
Behavioral Support Specialist, At Risk Teen Girls, Center for Family Development
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
YouthFriend, Traverse Heights Elementary School
Vice President, North Traverse Heights Neighborhood Association, 2014
Founding Member/Co-coordinator, One Billion Rising, Traverse City, 2013-2014
State Facilitator, Michigan Head Start State Conference, 2011
Favorite Quote:
"Hope has two beautiful daughters: their names are anger and courage. Anger that things are the way they are. Courage to make them the way they ought to be." - St. Augustine
Priority Issues:
I stand for high quality public schools that give every child the opportunity to succeed. I don't work for testing companies and I don't take their money. I work for you and your families.
I stand for clean air and clean water and I don't take money from special interests that jeopardize our air and water. I work for us.
I stand for safe and modern infrastructure - roads, bridges and the jobs that come with them. I don't take money from special interests who lobby for tax loopholes and refuse to pay their fair share to keep our infrastructure safe and reliable. I don't work for them. I work for you.
I stand for accountable, honest public service. I don't take money from any political party or any special interest.