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Leadership Experience
Senator Cathy Giessel was elected to the State Senate in 2010, to represent District P (Eagle River, South Anchorage and Hillside, Indian, Bird, Girdwood, Portage, Whittier, and Hope. Master of Science in Nursing Science - University of Alaska Anchorage. Bachelor of Science in Nursing - University of Michigan. Diploma - Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, Alaska 
Present State Senate Committee work
- Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce
- Senate Committee on State Affairs
- Senate Finance subcommittee on the Legislature
- Joint Legislative In-State Gas Caucus
- Joint Legislative Outdoor Heritage Caucus
- Anchorage Caucus
- American Legislative Exchange Council, Fiscal Policy Task Force
- Energy Council
- Pacific Northwest Economic Region (Legislative Energy Institute, Arctic Caucus)
- National Coucil of State Legislators (Agriculture and Energy, Budgets and Revenue, Labor and Economic Development, Mining Safety)
- Council of State Governments-West (Energy and Public Lands, Fiscal Affairs, Western Economic Development)
National Involvement
Education
Community, Resource and Job groups
- Resource Development Council
- Alaska Miners Association
- Alaska Industry Support Alliance
- Alaska Outdoor Council
- Chambers of Commerce in Anchorage, Soldotna, Kenai, Cooper Landing, Seward, Chugiak-Eagle River
- Pioneers of Alaska, Igloos #4 and #8, life member
- National Rifle Association, life member
Professional Organizations
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Omicron chapter.
Honors
- Exceptional Leadership Award, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2010
- Anchorage Republican Woman of the Year, 2007
- Fellow, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
- Alaska Excellence in Public Service Series, 2005, valedictorian.
- Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing, Theta Omicron chapter.