Mrs. Burns is currently the Chair of the Board’s Communications and Government Affairs Committee. She is the Vice President of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) Board of Directors and chairs their Public Policy Committee. She previously served as the CAWCD representative to the Arizona Water Banking Authority.
Mrs. Burns also is a member of the ADD Water Council (Acquisition, Development and Delivery of New Water Supplies) and the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District.
She owned and operated the Christmas Cottage, a Glendale store specializing in Christmas ornaments and collectables, until 2007. During that time, Mrs. Burns was a member of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce and served as an officer of the Glendale Downtown Development Corporation.
For 27 years prior to that, Mrs. Burns owned and operated preschools. She was responsible for training staff, working with children and counseling parents, an experience that provided her with valuable insight in to what parents expect from early childhood development experts and what children need to succeed once they enter kindergarten.
She also worked as assistant office manager for Save-Way Auto Lease from 1967 to 1972.
Mrs. Burns attended Iowa State University and has lived in Arizona for 48 years. She and her husband, Robert Burns, have been married for 50 years and have two grown sons. They reside in Peoria.