Jeanne Dietsch

Jeanne Dietsch (born April 16, 1952) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 9th district from 2018 to 2020.

Jeanne Dietsch
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
from the 9th district
In office
December 6, 2018 – December 2, 2020
Preceded byAndy Sanborn
Succeeded byDenise Ricciardi
Personal details
Born (1952-04-16) April 16, 1952
Kenton, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBill Kennedy
Children2
EducationWestern Michigan University (BS)

Early life and education

Dietsch was born in Kenton and grew up in Marion, Ohio, with her parents and three brothers. Dietsch attended Western Michigan University, where she graduated with a B.S. in 1974.

Career

Dietsch co-founded ActivMedia Robotics in 1995, and was its CEO until the company was sold in 2010 to Adept Technology.[1][2] The company is now owned by Omron Automation.[3] Dietsch, along with Patrick Joseph McGovern, also served as the president of TALMIS, a market research firm which studied the use of computers in homes and schools.[4]

PatrolBot watches MobileRobots founder Jeanne Dietsch

Dietsch published an e-commerce market report, "Who's Succeeding on the Internet and How", months after the Internet opened to the public for commerce.

Dietsch served on the board of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Industrial Activities committee[5]

Government service

Dietsch was a member of a local planning board in Peterborough, NH.[6] Dietsch unsuccessfully ran for State Senate in New Hampshire in 2016, losing in the primary to Lee Nyquist.

In 2018, Dietsch won 54% of votes in the Democratic primary. She later won the general election against Republican Dan Hynes, 14,037 to 12,776.[7] Dietsch served as Vice Chair of the Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee and Chair of the Commission on the Environmental and Health Impacts of Perfluorinated Chemicals.[8] She is also a member of the Ways and Means Committee, the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules and the Business Finance Authority.

Political positions

Dietsch has been a proponent of an income tax. In 2019, Dietsch was the sponsor for a last minute amendment, to an unrelated bill dealing with using cell phones while driving, which would have added a 6.2% payroll tax.[9][10]

In June 2020, Dietsch was quoted on comments made at a House Education Committee Meeting while debating a bill on school choice, where she stated “this idea of parental choice, that’s great if the parent is well-educated. There are some families that’s perfect for. But to make it available to everyone? No. I think you’re asking for a huge amount of trouble.”[11][12][13]

Dietsch's bill to establish Telecommunications Districts,[14] in order to ease rural broadband expansion, became law in 2020.[15]

Personal life

She moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and married Bill Kennedy in 1974 in the same year. The couple have two children, Eva and Ethan.[16]

References
  1. "Market Potential Drives Adept Acquisition of MobileRobots". Robotics Business Review. 2010-06-25.
  2. Mitchell, Robert L. (2005-10-10). "Robots Move Into Corporate Roles". Computerworld. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. "Omron Adept Mobile Robots". D&B Hoovers. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. Severo, Richard (1984-12-10). "Computer Makers Find Rich Market in Schools". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. "Industrial Activity Board (IAB) Sukhan Lee VP for IAB IEEE RAS AdCom. Sendai, Japan, ppt download". slideplayer.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  6. "Economic Development Authority". www.townofpeterborough.com.
  7. "New Hampshire State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia.
  8. "Statutory and Study Committee Search".
  9. "New Hampshire Senate panel puts an end to tax on higher-wage earners". NH Business Review. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  10. Leader, DAVE SOLOMON New Hampshire Union. "Senate quickly kills proposed income tax on high wage earners". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  11. "NH Dem Senator: Working-class parents don't have intelligence to oversee their kids' educations". Lowell Sun. 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  12. Leader, Kevin Landrigan New Hampshire Union. "Dem's comments put Senate Dist. 9 seat in GOP's sights". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  13. "N.H. Dem Senator: School Choice 'Great if the Parent Is Well-Educated' But Shouldn't Be Available to Everyone". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  14. "New Hampshire Bill Will Allow Multi-Town Broadband System". 12 November 2019.
  15. "Governor Chris Sununu Signs Two Bills into Law".
  16. Allen L. Potts, Our Family: History of Weist and Other Related Families, 1997, p.190
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