Background

Experience

2013-present:  Chief Executive Officer & Shareholder, Meyers & Shaulis, P.C., Lanark, Illinois

2006-2012:  Associate attorney, Nack, Richardson & Nack, P.C., Galena, Illinois

2006-2013:  Assistant Public Defender, Jo Daviess County, Galena, Illinois

2006:  711 Law Clerk,  Jo Daviess County Public Defender’s Office, Galena, Illinois

2005:  711 Law Clerk, Jo Daviess County State’s Attorney, Galena, Illinois

2004: Law Clerk for the Honorable Val Gunnarsson & the Honorable Jack Joyce, Mount Carroll, Illinois

Education

2006: Juris Doctorate, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2001:  Master of Arts, International Economics, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

1999:  Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois

1994:  High School Diploma:  Eastland High School, Lanark, Illinois

* 1994-1995: Attended Stelio Machado Loureiro Prof. Escola, Birigüi, São Paulo, Brazil

* 1993: Attended Escuela Normal Superior de Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina

Volunteerism

Executive Board Member at Timberlake Playhouse, Chairwoman of the Governance Committee, Mount Carroll, Illinois

President, Carroll County Bar Association, Mount Carroll, Illinois

Member, Chamber of Commerce in Lanark, Shannon, Savanna, Thomson, & Mount Carroll, Illinois

Member, Rotary International at the Mount Carroll, Savanna, & Milledgeville (former) Clubs and in Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, & Birigüi, São Paulo, Brazil

Member, Moose Lodge #1095, Savanna, Illinois

Member, YMCA, Freeport, Illinois

Language

Fluent in writing, reading, and speaking English

Fluent in writing, reading, and speaking Portuguese

Fluent in reading Spanish, and competent in writing and speaking Spanish