Kathleen Riebe

In 1991, Riebe graduated from Hofstra University with a double major in Elementary Education and Sociology.[3] She has worked as a truck driver, bartender, and an Alta police dispatcher[4] and has taught outdoor education in New York, Georgia, New Jersey, and Maine. Riebe has taught in the Granite School District since 2001, where she is currently employed as an educational technology specialist.[5] She got a Master's and an Administrative Certificate in 2006 from Utah State University. She has an Educational Technology Endorsement from Southern Utah University. She has 2 children.[6]

In 2016, Riebe was elected to the Utah State Board of Education, defeating anti-common-core candidate Gary Thompson.[7] While on the State school board, she served on the board's Financial Literacy Committee; School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (STILA) Nominating Committee; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Action Center; Underage Drinking Committee; and served as Co-Chair of the Finance Committee.[8] She took part in settlement negotiations when the Utah School Board was sued over the Professional Practices Advisory Commission, or UPPAC, for recommending harsher-than-necessary and often inconsistent discipline.[9]

Riebe secured the Democratic nomination for Utah Senate District 8 by defeating former candidate for U. S. Congress Kathie Allen at the Salt Lake County Democratic Convention on April 14, 2018, with 65% of the vote.[10]

On November 6, 2018, Riebe won the 2018 election for Utah Senate District 8, defeating incumbent Republican Brian Zehnder with 56% of the vote.[11] Having been elected to the State Senate, she had to resign her State School Board seat mid-term.[12] For the 2019 and 2020 sessions of the Utah Legislature, Riebe is on the Senate Education Committee.[13][14]