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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Vicky Riback Wilson |
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Columbia, Missouri 65201, United States |
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(2025 years) |
| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Rep. Vicky Riback Wilson, a Democrat, represents the eastern portion of Columbia and Boone County (District 25) in the Missouri House of Representatives.
Elected to her first two-year term in 1996, Rep. Wilson chairs the Children�s Services Commission. She serves on the Child Abuse, Custody, and Neglect Commission; the Children's Trust Fund; and the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Investment Trust.
Rep. Wilson also serves on the Board of Directors for Friends of Peace Studies; the Alumni Advisory Board for the MU College of Education; the Advisory Board for the Department of Human Development and Family Studies; the Advisory Board for the School of Health Professions; and participates in a variety of community organizations. She was selected as a 1999 Flemming Fellow, and in 2000 participated in the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.
Rep. Wilson's work has been recognized with awards from diverse groups, such as: the MU Alumni Association; the American Cancer Society; the National Association of Social Workers; the Homebuilders Association; the Missouri Bar Association; the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees; the Missouri Women�s Council; the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI); the MU Sinclair School of Nursing; the Missouri Association for Social Welfare; the Missouri Recovery Network; Phoenix Programs; Missouri Citizens for the Arts; GRO; and others. Wilson has also received the 2001 Mildred Bringewatt Social Justice Award; the People First of Missouri Legislator of the Year award; Child Advocacy Award; and was inducted into a university honorary society in recognition of her commitment to the University of Missouri. In 2000 she received the Human Rights Award of the University of Missouri, the Betty Saunders Award for Outstanding Democratic Elected Official, and the DOVE Award for her work against domestic violence.
Rep. Wilson lived and worked in Uganda as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1969 �and 70 and, in Indonesia, in 1973-74. She has taught Head Start, high school, college, and community classes and worked as a community arts administrator. Rep. Wilson worked for more than 10 years at the University of Missouri as an administrator and a leadership educator for youth and adults throughout the state.
Born in Columbia, Rep. Wilson is a 1964 graduate of University High School. She received a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a master�s degree in higher and adult education from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Self-employed as a property manager and financial officer, Rep. Wilson resides in Columbia with her husband. They have two adult children.
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