About Linda

Born and raised in New Hampshire and a Bedford resident for 46 years, I have embraced and supported the solid core values of our state’s heritage. During my life I have acquired a sincere love of this state and its beautiful environment, a respect for Yankee ingenuity and entrepreneurship, and an appreciation of New Hampshire’s fiscally conservative culture. I am proud to be a New Hampshire native!

After graduating from the University of New Hampshire, I raised 5 children, 4 of whom still live in New Hampshire. I taught high school Latin for 12 years and am now retired.

After a school bus accident seriously injured my daughter in 1986, my passion grew into advocating for safer roads for vulnerable users such as pedestrians and bicyclists. I was a director of the Bike-Walk Alliance of New Hampshire. In 2008, as Executive Director of the Bike-Walk Alliance of NH, I was instrumental in passing the 3-foot law, which created a safer automobile passing distance around bicyclists. In Bedford, I served on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity Master Plan Committee.

I am an avid sportswoman and in recent years have bicycled solo and self-contained throughout the U.S. and in Europe and have completed a triathlon. I was coordinator for an Easter Seals bike-a-thon, am an enthusiastic supporter of Special Olympics, and formerly volunteered at the annual Winter Special Olympics in Waterville.

In 2014, I was elected to the New Hampshire legislature as a Representative for Bedford, NH. During my four terms in office I have sponsored and co-sponsored bills comprising the subjects of pro-life, default budgets, exemptions to mandatory vaccines, fees for transportation improvements charged by municipalities, texting while driving, rights of conscience, absentee ballots, and OHRV’s. 

I serve on the Resources, Recreation, and Development Committee, which complements my interest in the environment, recreation, and tourism of New Hampshire. I was also a member of the former Commission on Long Term goals and Requirements on Drinking Water in the Seacoast Area and of the former NH Film and Television Commission.

This term, I sponsored a bill to establish a Committee to study Rail Trail Best Management Practices and am now chair of that committee. I am also a member of the important Advisory Commission for the Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund which gives loans and grants for water related projects throughout the state.

I am honored to represent my constituency and have an excellent attendance record at all sessions reflective of my commitment to New Hampshire and legislative service.

I enjoy serving other organizations with purpose.  Currently, I am a member of the Polish American Congress, NH Right to Life, a past board member of Granite State Wheelmen and Bike- Walk-Alliance of NH, and a member of the Bedford Women’s Club and  Bedford Republican Committee.