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
No caucus information on file.
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