Gail Shea is the former Legislative Aide to a State Senator and former Campaign Finance and Elections Administrator at the State Elections Board. She served on the boards of Groundswell Conservancy, the Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, and the Friends of Wisdom Prairie. Gail has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and master’s degrees in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in public policy and administration from The LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs.