Alumni and Friends

“I co-founded Sustainable Saratoga, now a fully independent 501c3 organization dedicated to deploying education and advocacy initiatives to take action on natural resources protection and the establishment of sustainable practice. As Mayor, my administration secured “$3.5M in federal and state grants toward creating the Saratoga Greenbelt Trail, a 24-mile recreational trail network, which is contributing to making the city more pedestrian and bike friendly.”

“I didn’t have any interest in law school until the end of my freshman year when an uncle of mine suggested I would make a good litigator.  My time at Hartwick gave me the leadership skills and experience I needed to find an amazing job right out of college in a big, international law firm. From there, I made the decision to go to law school. Hartwick also helped me find my first job in politics, as an intern in then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s office. Honestly, I got that job because I happened to be sitting with a counselor in the career center when the fax came advertising the internship. It hadn’t even occurred to me to look into internships in the office of an elected official, and then suddenly I was spending J Term with Hillary Clinton.”

“I’ve always been interested in policy, but actually being the elected official seemed like something other people did. But then, in 2016, that suddenly became an asset rather than a liability. My friends and family started encouraging me to run and eventually I ended up talking with the Chairwoman of the county democrats who talked me into a run for State Senate.  The average woman needs to be asked to run for office 7 times– I had to be asked around 70 times. But here I am, and I am very glad I made the decision.”