Born and raised in Chicago, Jan discovered Wyoming on a spring break trip (don’t ask!) during her senior year at The Ohio State University. After graduating with a BS in Education she moved to Wyoming in 1976 and has been here ever since (except for when she lived in Chicago [again!] and London while working for Andersen Consulting). After teaching public school special education for 12 years in Albany County, WY, she decided that, with all that experience in special education, she should start a new career in business! (Get the connection?) Jan completed her MS in Educational Technology at the University of Wyoming in 2000, 10 years after starting her second career as a corporate training designer and developer. In 1996 she started her own company, Alvaney Design, and has worked for many companies including Qwest, AT&T, EMS, Lucent Technologies, MediaOne, ICG. Jan now works as a consultant for Handel Information Technolgy, designing their first documentation and training for the RiteTrack3 Design Studio. Jan lives in Centennial with her husband Paul, who works for Oracle and sits on the Handel Board of Directors (nepotism anyone?). They have two lovely “boys” – their Irish Setters, Killian and Kassidy. When not deciding what to be when she grows up or running for the Wyoming State House of Representatives, Jan likes to party in Centennial, watch Jeopardy, collect frogs and play outside.