Voters Guide: Tracy Greever-Rice

ADDRESS: 602 Redbud Lane

PERSONAL: Age 46. She is married to Glenn Rice and has one son, Charlie, 12, and one daughter, Kate, 18.

OCCUPATION: Associate director of community and economic development at the MU Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in sociology from MU, 1985; master's degree in community development from MU, 1993; and a doctorate in rural sociology from MU, 1997. She also is pursuing a master's degree in journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism.

BACKGROUND:

• Member of the Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission and the Energy and Environment Commission, 1995-98.
• Vice chairwoman of the Columbia Vision Commission.
• Alternate on the Columbia Board of Adjustment.
• Treasurer of the Quarry Heights Homeowners Association.
• Vice president of the North Central Columbia Neighborhood Association.
• Former member of the Benton-Stephens Neighborhood Association.

ON THE WEB: Greever-Rice's campaign Web site is tracy-4ward.com. She also has a Twitter account.