Education

Kathy obtained an apprenticeship with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local (IBEW) # 241 in 1988, successfully completing the 5 year National Joint Apprenticeship Training Council Electrical Apprenticeship Program. As a journeyman inside wireman and a card carrying IBEW member, she has worked at Cornell University’s Electric Shop for over 20 years.

Kathy took night school classes at Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3), maintained a 3.5 average, and was inducted into Alpha Gamma Nu, the TC3 Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of Two-Year Colleges.

When time permitted, Kathy took extramural classes at Cornell University. With encouragement from her supervisor and her professors, Kathy applied for and was accepted into the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1996. She continues to work as a union electrician while pursuing her bachelor’s degree, maintaining a 3.6 GPA and having earned entrance into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.