Denise Juneau
| Denise Juneau | |
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| Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana | |
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In office January 5, 2009 – January 2, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Linda McCulloch |
| Succeeded by | Elsie Arntzen |
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| Born |
April 5, 1967 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Helena, Montana |
| Alma mater |
Montana State University (B.A.) Harvard University (M.Ed.) University of Montana (J.D.) |
| Profession | Teacher and attorney |
Denise Juneau (born April 5, 1967) (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Montana, who served as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Juneau is the first American Indian woman to be elected to statewide executive office in Montana. She is a descendant of the Blackfeet Tribe.
On November 4, 2015, Juneau announced her candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in the 2016 congressional election. Juneau was defeated by incumbent Republican Ryan Zinke in the 2016 general election.
Denise Juneau was born on April 5, 1967, in Oakland, California, to parents Stan and Carol Juneau. Her family moved to Montana in 1969. Juneau graduated in 1985 from Browning High School in Browning, Montana, which is on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Juneau received a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Montana State University in 1993. In 1994, she completed her Master of Education Degree at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She took course work toward a doctorate at the University of New Mexico in 1997 and 1998. Juneau shifted her career path, attending the University of Montana Law School and completing her J.D. in 2004.
Juneau was on the educational support staff of Browning, Montana schools from 1986 through 1988. She was a high school teacher in New Town, North Dakota, within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, from 1994 through 1995, and in Browning, Montana, from 1995 through 1997.
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