Rep.
Cunningham was elected vice president of the 2001 Freshman Legislative Class and
is ranking republicanof the House Education Committee. She represents Missouri on the Education
Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a national organization
of legislators.
In addition
to her legislative duties, Rep. Cunningham is the marketing director for England
& Company Rehabilitation Services, Inc., a medical and vocational
rehabilitation company in St. Louis.
Formerly she was a media and public relations assistant for John
Danforth’s Attorney General campaign in 1974, and a legislative assistant for
U.S. Congressman Silvio Conte in Washington, D.C. from
1968-1970.
Selected as
a participant in the Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge class of 1994, a
leadership recognition and training program in statewide political and economic
issues, Rep. Cunningham has also been recognized in Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities.
Rep.
Cunningham was elected to the Ladue Board of Education, 1989-1992 and is or has
been a member of the following organizations: board of directors, Missouri
(Governor's) Mansion Preservation, Inc., 1987-1993; co-founder and president of
Mid-County Teen Advocacy Council (MCTAC), a community effort to provide drug and
alcohol free activities for teens, 1989-95; the Chesterfield and Town and
Country Chambers of Commerce; and the First Evangelical Free Church. She was a delegate to the 1992
Republican National Convention and was the only woman representing Missouri on
the 1992 Republican National Platform Committee, serving with John
Ashcroft.
A graduate
of Ocala High School in Ocala, Florida, Rep. Cunningham received her bachelor of
science degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing and
economics from Florida State University in 1968.
Born
September 4, 1946 in Columbia, S.C., Rep. Cunningham resides in Chesterfield
with her husband, Gary. They have
two sons, Bret and Scott.