Judi L. Calhoun, Muncie, Chair, House of Delegates, is an attorney for the Indiana Department of Child Services - Local Office in Delaware County. She is a graduate of Purdue University and Ohio Northern Claude W. Pettit College of Law in Ada, Ohio.

Judi is a member of the Muncie Bar Association, Prevent Child Abuse, Purdue Club of Muncie, and Champions for a Safe Community. She has bowled on a Special Olympics team for more than 10 years. She was born in Muncie.

Professional enjoyment:  Public Service - giving back to the community

Your inspiration: a teacher once told me women shouldn't be lawyers - that was enough to inspire me to prove him wrong!

Why bar association involvement: The connections I have made and continue to make  through the bar association are invaluable to my professional and personal life

If not a lawyer: A personal shopper - I love to pick out clothes for friends and dress them up so they feel beautiful and confident

Fav hobbies: Bowling, landscaping with Rob's business and hiking in the mountains of Arizona

Fav book or author and current reading: Or what are you currently reading?  I like all genres and I really enjoy just reading for fun to take my mind off work - one rarely sees me without my Kindle when not at work

Fav vacation spot: Sedona, Arizona

Fav food or restaurant: One cannot go wrong with a good steak and bottle of wine for favorite food but my favorite restaurant is Judi's in Sedona, Arizona mostly because of the name and the fact it means I am in Sedona!

Top of your bucket list: Take a Pacific Coast Highway Roadtrip from San Diego to Washington in one trip in a convertible