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Lois Herr's Biography

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Full Name:

Lois K. Herr

Gender:

Female

Family:

Divorced

Birth Date:

12/23/1941

Birth Place:

Hershey, PA

Home City:

Elizabethtown, PA

Religion:

Church of the Brethren

MBA, Business Administration, Fordham Gabelli School of Business, 1973-1974

Attended, University of Chicago, 1969-1971

Attended, Elmhurst College, 1967

MA, English, University of Pennsylvania, 1962-1963

BA, English, Elizabethtown College, 1959-1962

Attended, Gettysburg College, 1961

Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 48, 2018

Committee Member, Democratic Party of Pennsylvania, 2006-2010

Committee Member, Lancaster County Democratic Committee, 2004-2010

Executive Director, Lancaster County Democratic Committee, 2009-2010

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 16, 2010

Delegate, Democratic National Committee, 2008

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 16, 2004, 2006

Scholar-in-Residence, Elizabethtown College, 2003-present

Book Author, Self-Employed, 1990-present

Board Member, Conestaga Title Insurance Company, 1992-2005

Director of Marketing, Elizabethtown College, 1998-2003

Visiting Instructor - Marketing, Elizabethtown College, 1993-1998

Consultant, Taylor Group, 1990-1993

Managing Director, Nynex, 1984-1990

District Manager, Coordination/Market Research and Services, Bell Communications Research, 1982-1984

District Manager, Marketing, AT&T Corporation, 1981-1982

District Manager, New York Telephone, 1978-1981

Acting Manager/Financial Supervisor, AT&T Corporation, 1975-1978

Management Consultant, President's Executive Interexchange Program, Office of Management and Budget, 1974-1975

Supervisor, Corporate Planning, AT&T Corporation, 1971-1974

Associate Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1964-1971

Teacher, Language Arts, Middletown Township Schools, 1963-1964

Member, Mount Gretna Borough Council, 2014-present

Board Member, Graystone Manor Therapeutic Riding Center, 2010-present

Executive Committee Member, Elizabethtown Grange, 2006-present

Member, Mount Joy Township Agricultural Security Advisory Committee, 2004-present

Board Member, Veteran Feminists of America, 2003-present

Charter Member, National Women's History Museum, 2002-present

Member/Former President, Elizabethtown Rotary Club, 2000-present

Member, American Association of University Women

Member, American Hunters and Shooters Association

Member, Association of BellTel Retirees

Member, Elizabethtown College Alumni Association

Member, Fordham University Graduate Business School Alumni

Member, Greater Elizabethtown Democratic Club

Member, Hans Herr House Foundation

Contributing Member, Lancaster County Conservancy

Member, National Organization for Women

Member, National Women's Political Caucus

Member, People for the American Way

Member, Planned Parenthood

Member, Sierra Club

Member, Telephone Pioneers of America

Member, The International Alliance of Women

Member, Women in Cable and Telecommunications

Member, Lancaster County Transportation Authority, 2007-2008

Co-Chair, Lancaster County Growth Management Update Task Force, 2004-2006

Chair/Member, Lancaster County Planning Commission, 2000-2006

Member, Lancaster Strategic Tourism Task Force, 2005-2006

Board Member, Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic Women, 2005-2006

Member, Women's National Democratic Club, 2006

Board Member, Conestoga Financial Corporation, 1997-2005

Founding Member/Board Member, Lancaster Coalition for Smart Growth, 2004-2005

Member, Outreach Committee, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, 2002-2003

Member, Act 40 Local Tax Study Commission for Elizabethtown Area High School, 2001

Board Member, Elizabethtown Chamber of Commerce, 1998-2000

Member, Executive Orientation Series Planning Committee, Leadership Lancaster, 1999-2000

Member, Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, 1998-2000

Member, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, 1998-2000

Board Member/Secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Examiners, 1994-1999

Board Member, Executive Committee, Lancaster Farmland Trust, 1992-1999

Founding Member/President, Friends of the Gretna Game Lands, 1996

Board Member, Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council, 1993-1996

President, The Women's Alliance, 1994-1996

Co-Chair/Founding Member, Friends of the High Library, 1990-1992

Trustee, Elizabethtown College, 1975-1981

Chair, New York City Chapter, Society for Technical Communication, 1976-1977

Member, Fordham Presidential Advisory Committee on Education in Business, 1973-1974

Member, Goals Committee, Society for Technical Communication, 1972-1973

Board Member, Chicago Chapter, Society for Technical Communication, 1969-1971

Board Member, Park Place West Condominium, 1970-1971

Founding Member, The AT&T Women's Alliance, 1971

Awards:

Distinguished Alumni Award from Elizabethtown College; Progressive Voice of Lancaster County from Democracy for Lancaster; Visionary 2005 from the Coalition for Smart Growth

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