Meet Karen

Karen Hurd, Assembly District 68
Republican

Biography: Born Houston, Texas, October 20, 1957; married; 5 children, 5 grandchildren.
Voting address: Fall Creek, Wisconsin.

Education: Kirkwood High School (Kirkwood, Missouri),
1976; B.A. in Spanish, Truman State University, 1980;
Diploma in Comprehensive Nutrition, Huntington College
of Health Sciences, 1994; M.S. in Biochemistry, University
of Saint Joseph, 2017.

Occupation: Nutritionist; owner of Karen R. Hurd Nutritional Practice, 1994–present;
K–12 substitute teacher, Fall Creek School System, 2021–present. Served as U.S. Army
Captain, Military Intelligence, 1980–84.

Member: Fall Creek Valley Housing/Fall Creek Retirement Housing (board member,
former president); American Legion Post 376 (color guard commander, chaplain); Fall
Creek Public Library Trustee; Fall Creek Lions Club; Fall Creek Historical Society.

Former member: Faith Evangelical Free Church (director of music, worship leader,
Sunday school teacher, women’s bible study leader).

Recipient: Army Commendation Medal; Air Assault Badge; Expert Marksmanship Badge.

Previous office: Elected Fall Creek Village Trustee, 2021–present.

Current office: Elected to Assembly 2022. Committee assignments, 2023: Agriculture;
Corrections; Energy and Utilities; Family Law; Rural Development; Transportation (vice
chair).

Contact: rep.hurd@legis.wisconsin.gov; 608-237-9168; Room 15 North, State Capitol,
PO Box 8952, Madison, WI 53708-8952.