From 2003-2010 she served as First Lady of Wisconsin where she increased her appreciation of literacy and the high quality and profound impact of our state’s local literacy organizations. She developed Read on Wisconsin, a statewide book cub that is now part of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. A lifelong educator with a passion for literacy, Jessica spent over three decades as a teacher or administrator in public schools. She and her husband live in Madison and have two grown sons and three grandchildren.