Biography

CHARITABLE WORK/FAMILY

Peer mediation teacher in public school, Upward Bound and to the neurologically challenged
Board, World Wide Concurrent Premiers and Commissioning Fund for musical works by emerging and established composers
Vice-Chair, Anti-Defamation League, Southwest Region
Board, Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library
Long-time supporter of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, sponsoring publication of the Scrolls' Concordance , with her husband Ed Supkis, MD, a graduate of Texas A&M University
Three children: Danielle, Rice University graduate, Max at Texas A&M; and Michaela at Memorial High School

POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

First Texas Democratic woman in history to receive party nomination for U.S. Senate
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, winning 60% of the vote
2 Statewide electoral victories (Democratic U.S. Senate primary, primary runoff)
Endorsement by Texas Federation of Teachers/American Federation of Teachers
Endorsement by Texas AFL-CIO/COPE
Volunteer fundraiser for numerous campaigns and causes including service on finance committee for Congressman Nick Lampson
Seconding Speech for State Party Chairman and Delegate, Texas State Democratic Convention - 2004
Address to Texas State Delegation Breakfast, National Democratic Convention, July 2004

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Partner, 27-year attorney at Vinson & Elkins, LLP, retired 4/2006
Mediator and Arbitrator

SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS

Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas 1988-1989
More than 140 publications and speeches, nationally and internationally delivered
Listing in Best Lawyers in America
AABB Award for Contributions to Blood
Banking, Transfusion Medicine Law and
Government Affairs

EDUCATION

University of Texas School of Law
Doctor of Jurisprudence with Honors - May 1979
Albert Jones Scholar
University of Houston, Bachelor of Arts, (magna cum laude) - May 1976
National Merit 4 year Academic Scholarship