• 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.
• Senator Giessel's new District N includes South Anchorage Hillside, Indian, Bird, Girdwood, Portage, Hope, Cooper Landing, Sterling, Salamantof, Nikiski, Moose Pass, Bear Creek & Seward.

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

National Involvement

• 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)

Education

• Master of Science in Nursing Science - University of Alaska Anchorage.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing - University of Michigan.
• Diploma - Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, Alaska

Community, Resource and Job groups

• Resource Development Council
• Alaska Miners Association
• Alaska Support Industry Alliance
• Alaska Outdoor Council
• Chambers of Commerce in Anchorage, Soldotna, Kenai, Cooper Landing and Seward
• Pioneers of Alaska, Igloos #4 and #8, life member
• National Rifle Association, life member

Professional Organizations

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

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.

Paid for by Re-Elect Senator Cathy Giessel for State Senate, 12701 Ridgewood Rd, Anchorage, Alaska 99516