Ginny and her family chose Fountain Hills as their home town in 1983. Born and raised in NY, she followed her parents who had fallen in love with this desert community in the seventies. Her siblings all relocated to AZ, creating a foundation here that spans multiple generations.
Ginny holds a BS in Mathematics from Tufts University. She’s been a banker, a bookkeeper and a part-time teacher, in AZ, VT and NH. She was an AZ Senate staffer and an Assistant Director at the Dept. of Environmental Quality. After retiring from the State, she worked with the US Attorney’s Office as a neighborhood liaison with various partners including law enforcement.
Inducted into the 2010 Hall of Fame, she participated in FH strategic planning sessions since 1984. She went from room mother to PTA Board, Site Council to elected School Boardmember, where she served from 1994 to 2002, twice as President. Ginny was a Charter Member of the Arts Council and served on the Theater Board as Treasurer and accountant, earning their 2009 Founders Award. She performed in several AriZoni winning productions.
In the Valley, she was a member of Business and Professional Women (Woman of the Year) and the Public Policy Chair for the American Association of University Women. Active in several statewide groups, she was an organizer for the AZ Women’s Hall of Fame at the Carnegie Library.
Ginny served as Town Councilwoman for over eight years, co-chairing the Centennial Committee and sitting on the MAG Regional Domestic Violence Council until 2014. She helped raise funds for two public art pieces and co-organized a community unity event in 2017.