Senator Joan Bray (District 24)
Education
Bachelor of Arts in English
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
Master of Education in Counseling and Human Relations
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Professional History
January 2003 to present - Member - Missouri Senate, 24 th District
1993-2003 - Member - Missouri House of Representatives, 84 th District
Fall 1994 - Adjunct faculty member - Communications Department, Webster University
Fall 1993 - Adjunct faculty member - Communications Department, St. Louis University
1992-1993 - District Director - Congresswoman Joan Kelly Horn
1991 - Research Director - Joan Kelly Horn for Congress
1990 - Freelance journalist
1990 - Business writing instructor - University of Missouri at St. Louis
1983-1989 - Reporter, assistant city editor, copy editor - St. Louis Post Dispatch
1977-1983 - City editor, reporter, assistant department editor - San Antonio (Texas)Express-News
1975-1977 - Freelance journalist in Lesotho, in southern Africa
1974 - Publications editor - Webster College, St. Louis
1973 - Coordinating editor - St. Louis Today
1972 - Tutor and crew member - Yacht Makado
Four years as a secondary teacher (English and journalism) and elementary school counselor in Colorado and Massachusetts
Professional/Community Activities
Senate committees - Appropriations, Ways and Means, Transportation, Joint Committee on Legislative
Research
Energy and Transportation Committee, chair, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1998-99
Inaugural Class 1994-95, Flemming Fellows Leadership Institute, Washington, D.C.
Midwest High Speed Rail Compact, chair, 1997-99
Democratic Policy Group, co-chair, 1994-97
St. Louis Area Legislators Caucus, convenor, 1994-97
Governor's Total Transportation Commission, 1996-97
Governor's Commission on Management and Productivity, Efficient Operations Task Force, 1994-96
Women Legislators of Missouri
National Women's Political Caucus - co-chair, candidate training seminar, 1995
Leadership St. Louis - class of 1986-87, member of alumni organization
Local 47 Newspaper Gu9ild - vice president, executive committee, grievance committee, negotiating
Committee, pension fund committee, 1983-89
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newsroom Women's Caucus, co-founder, 1983-89
PTO, University City schools - Picnic chair, buzz book creator, newsletter editor, etc., 1983-98
University City Residential Service Board of Directors, 1988-90
Personal Data
Married: Carl Hoagland
Children: Noel Bray-Hoagland and Kolby Bray-Hoagland
Hobbies: Travel - throughout the United States and to Central America, South America, Africa, Great Britain, Scandinavia and Europe; tennis; bicycling; reading; handwork
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