Education:
Work Experience:
Volunteer Experience:
Interests:
- Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
- Bachelor of Arts awarded in 1987– majors in Political Science and French
- University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, CO
- Juris Doctor awarded in 1992
- Member of California State Bar since 1993
- Member of Montana State Bar since 2011
Work Experience:
- Legal Assistant, Cooper White & Cooper, San Francisco, CA 1988-1989
- Law Offices of Kosmo, Cho &Brown, then Cho & Brown, Ventura CA 1993-2000
- Law Offices of Andrew T. Koenig, 2009 to present
- City Council Representative for Ward 3, City of Missoula, January 2016 to present
Volunteer Experience:
- Volunteers in Parole: Volunteered as a mentor for a minor teen incarcerated in Ventura, California, late 1990s.
- University Congregational Children’s Center, Missoula, MT – Co-chair of Board for co-op preschool, 2006-2008.
- Extensive volunteering with Paxson Elementary School and Washington Middle School, Missoula, Montana:
- One of three co-chairs responsible for majority of fundraising effort to finance Paxson playground, installed in 2009.
- Administrator for Paxson School’s Artist in Residence program, spring of 2011, 2012, 2014; wrote grants for funding, interviewed and hired artists, obtained art supplies and administrated program, as well as culminating art show.
- Chair of Washington Middle School Telephone Directory from 2010 to 2015; raise money for PTA through advertisements, format and produce Directory provided to all students and families.
- Extensive in-class volunteering in elementary school.
- Fellowship in the Women’s Empowerment Program of the U.S. State Department, run by the Mansfield Center, University of Montana, in January 2013. Hosted a Cambodian educator in Missoula, showing her American schools and how our system functions, then spent three weeks in Cambodia learning about the Cambodian educational system and giving presentations.
- Vice President of Missoula Lacrosse Club, 2013 to 2015. duties included administrating youth lacrosse in Missoula for approximately 130 children, ages 7 to 14, running tournaments, setting up all infrastructure necessary for a successful sports club.
- Rose Park Neighborhood Council Leadership Team 2013 to present. Meet with Neighborhood Council members to discuss local issues, help with neighborhood volunteer efforts, and connect community members.
- Merit Badge Counselor for Boy Scout Troop 1911, 2014 to 2018; Troop 1919 from 2019 to 2022. Teach merit badges consisting of Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the World.
Interests:
- I enjoy spending time with my family. My youngest son is a sophomore in college, and my two older kids are out of college and finding their way as young adults in post-pandemic world. My husband, Andy, is a native Californian who has embraced Montana. Now that the house is emplty of children, my husband and I are able to find the time to walk more and explore our beautiful city. Hiking the adjacent open spaces is a favorite, with the Barmeyer property at the top of the list. Less kids at home also means I now have the time to be in a book club, which has been so much fun. But in general, City Council and my work take much of my time.
- Paid for by Gwen Jones for City Council, P.O. Box 131, Missoula, MT 59806, Bryan von Lossberg, Treasurer.
