Oldest of five children, she was born in San Diego, California, at the
Balboa Naval Hospital, where her father, Thomas Howard, was a dentist
in the U.S. Navy.
She's a singer and dancer and plays the guitar and ukulele.
Spokeswoman for the National Association of Realtors.
At the age of two, she and her family moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, and, when
she was fourteen, the family moved to Davenport, Iowa.
Graduate of Assumption High School in Davenport, Iowa, in 1978.