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Senator Dianne H. Hesselbein

Minority Leader

Senate District 27

(D - Middleton) Madison Office:
Room 206 South
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707
Telephone:
(608) 266-6670

Staff:
Ryan Knocke [email protected]
Denise Stromme [email protected]
Corbin Baldwin [email protected]
Margie Berkowitz [email protected]
Geoff Gaston [email protected]
Megan Greenstein [email protected]
Melissa Mulliken [email protected]
Laura Pratt [email protected]
Jose Rodriguez [email protected]
Jeanne Weiss [email protected]

Biography

  • Born Madison, Wisconsin, March 10, 1971; married; 3 children.
  • Graduate La Follette High School (Madison), 1989; B.S. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1993; M.A. Edgewood College, 1996.
  • Full-time legislator.
  • Member: Dane County Democratic Party; Friends of Pheasant Branch; Middleton Action Team; VFW Auxiliary Council.
  • Former member: Parent Teacher Organization (president); Boy Scouts of America (cubmaster); Girl Scouts (troop leader); Monona Terrace Convention and Community Center Board.
  • Elected to Middleton-Cross Plains Area Board of Education, 2005-08; Dane County Board of Supervisors, 2008-14; Assembly 2012–20. Assistant Minority Leader 2021, 2019, 2017. Elected to Senate 2022. Minority Caucus Vice Chair 2023.

Member of Disability Board, Legislative State Supported Programs Study and Advisory Committee, Presidential Preference Selection Committee, Wisconsin Center District Board, Wisconsin Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission and Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission

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