Jump to content

Jeanne Dietsch: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Updated to reflect personal views and associated website
(5 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 29: Line 29:


== Career ==
== Career ==
Dietsch co-founded ActivMedia Robotics in 1995, and was its CEO until the company was sold in 2010 to [[Adept Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/manufacturing/market-potential-drives-adept-acquisition-of-mobilerobots/|title=Market Potential Drives Adept Acquisition of MobileRobots|date=2010-06-25|website=Robotics Business Review}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2558612/robots-move-into-corporate-roles.html|title=Robots Move Into Corporate Roles|last=Mitchell|first=Robert L.|date=2005-10-10|website=Computerworld|language=en|access-date=2020-01-05}}</ref> The company is now owned by [[Omron]] Automation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.omron_adept_mobile_robots.488d25ef6532b752.html?aka_re=2|title=Omron Adept Mobile Robots|website=D&B Hoovers|access-date=2020-01-05}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/10/nyregion/computer-makers-find-rich-market-in-schools.html|title=Computer Makers Find Rich Market in Schools|last=Severo|first=Richard|date=1984-12-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Dietsch co-founded ActivMedia Robotics in 1995, and was its CEO until the company was sold in 2010 to [[Adept Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/manufacturing/market-potential-drives-adept-acquisition-of-mobilerobots/|title=Market Potential Drives Adept Acquisition of MobileRobots|date=2010-06-25|website=Robotics Business Review|access-date=2019-02-28|archive-date=2019-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192347/https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/manufacturing/market-potential-drives-adept-acquisition-of-mobilerobots/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2558612/robots-move-into-corporate-roles.html|title=Robots Move Into Corporate Roles|last=Mitchell|first=Robert L.|date=2005-10-10|website=Computerworld|language=en|access-date=2020-01-05|archive-date=2024-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207051622/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2558612/robots-move-into-corporate-roles.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The company is now owned by [[Omron]] Automation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.omron_adept_mobile_robots.488d25ef6532b752.html?aka_re=2|title=Omron Adept Mobile Robots|website=D&B Hoovers|access-date=2020-01-05|archive-date=2024-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207051615/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.omron_adept_mobile_robots.488d25ef6532b752.html?aka_re=2?aka_re=2|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/10/nyregion/computer-makers-find-rich-market-in-schools.html|title=Computer Makers Find Rich Market in Schools|last=Severo|first=Richard|date=1984-12-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2019-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191834/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/10/nyregion/computer-makers-find-rich-market-in-schools.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:PatrolBot_looking_at_MobileRobots_founder_Jeanne_Dietsch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|[[PatrolBot]] watches MobileRobots founder Jeanne Dietsch]]
[[File:PatrolBot_looking_at_MobileRobots_founder_Jeanne_Dietsch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|[[PatrolBot]] watches MobileRobots founder Jeanne Dietsch]]
Line 35: Line 35:
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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}


Dietsch served on the board of the [[IEEE Robotics and Automation Society]] Industrial Activities committee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slideplayer.com/slide/8467725/|title=Industrial Activity Board (IAB) Sukhan Lee VP for IAB IEEE RAS AdCom. Sendai, Japan, ppt download|website=slideplayer.com|access-date=2020-01-05}}</ref>
Dietsch served on the board of the [[IEEE Robotics and Automation Society]] Industrial Activities committee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slideplayer.com/slide/8467725/|title=Industrial Activity Board (IAB) Sukhan Lee VP for IAB IEEE RAS AdCom. Sendai, Japan, ppt download|website=slideplayer.com|access-date=2020-01-05|archive-date=2019-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074415/https://slideplayer.com/slide/8467725/|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Government service ===
=== Government service ===
Dietsch was a member of a local planning board in [[Peterborough, NH]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpeterborough.com/?SEC=03EE1CC4-94A3-4848-A6C6-A8C01DC349E7|title=Economic Development Authority|website=www.townofpeterborough.com}}</ref> Dietsch unsuccessfully ran for State Senate in New Hampshire in 2016, losing in the primary to Lee Nyquist.
Dietsch was a member of a local planning board in [[Peterborough, NH]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpeterborough.com/?SEC=03EE1CC4-94A3-4848-A6C6-A8C01DC349E7|title=Economic Development Authority|website=www.townofpeterborough.com|access-date=2019-02-28|archive-date=2019-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130358/https://www.townofpeterborough.com/?SEC=03EE1CC4-94A3-4848-A6C6-A8C01DC349E7|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_State_Senate_District_9 |title=New Hampshire State Senate District 9 |website=Ballotpedia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/details.aspx?id=1495&rbl=1&drplegislator=9402|title = Statutory and Study Committee Search}}</ref> She is also a member of the Ways and Means Committee, the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules and the Business Finance Authority.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_State_Senate_District_9 |title=New Hampshire State Senate District 9 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=2019-02-28 |archive-date=2018-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107105056/https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_State_Senate_District_9 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/details.aspx?id=1495&rbl=1&drplegislator=9402|title=Statutory and Study Committee Search|access-date=2020-01-09|archive-date=2021-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016113530/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/details.aspx?id=1495&rbl=1&drplegislator=9402|url-status=live}}</ref> She is also a member of the Ways and Means Committee, the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules and the Business Finance Authority.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}


== Political positions ==
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-22|title=New Hampshire Senate panel puts an end to tax on higher-wage earners|url=https://www.nhbr.com/nh-senate-panel-puts-an-end-to-tax-on-higher-wage-earners/|access-date=2020-12-18|website=NH Business Review|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Leader|first=DAVE SOLOMON New Hampshire Union|title=Senate quickly kills proposed income tax on high wage earners|url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/state/senate-quickly-kills-proposed-income-tax-on-high-wage-earners/article_7d9b8337-bbb9-56b0-98f2-9ab39495c94e.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=UnionLeader.com|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-22|title=New Hampshire Senate panel puts an end to tax on higher-wage earners|url=https://www.nhbr.com/nh-senate-panel-puts-an-end-to-tax-on-higher-wage-earners/|access-date=2020-12-18|website=NH Business Review|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515083925/https://www.nhbr.com/nh-senate-panel-puts-an-end-to-tax-on-higher-wage-earners/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Leader|first=DAVE SOLOMON New Hampshire Union|title=Senate quickly kills proposed income tax on high wage earners|url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/state/senate-quickly-kills-proposed-income-tax-on-high-wage-earners/article_7d9b8337-bbb9-56b0-98f2-9ab39495c94e.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=UnionLeader.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016072717/https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/state/senate-quickly-kills-proposed-income-tax-on-high-wage-earners/article_7d9b8337-bbb9-56b0-98f2-9ab39495c94e.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


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.”<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=NH Dem Senator: Working-class parents don't have intelligence to oversee their kids' educations|url=https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/06/14/nh-dem-senator-working-class-parents-dont-have-intelligence-to-oversee-their-kids-educations|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Lowell Sun|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Leader|first=Kevin Landrigan New Hampshire Union|title=Dem's comments put Senate Dist. 9 seat in GOP's sights|url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/statehouse_dome/dems-comments-put-senate-dist-9-seat-in-gops-sights/article_e4b6b832-ef9b-5509-9649-6c4447ff7676.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=UnionLeader.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=N.H. Dem Senator: School Choice 'Great if the Parent Is Well-Educated' But Shouldn't Be Available to Everyone|url=https://news.yahoo.com/n-h-dem-senator-school-175720851.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=news.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
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.”<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=NH Dem Senator: Working-class parents don't have intelligence to oversee their kids' educations|url=https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/06/14/nh-dem-senator-working-class-parents-dont-have-intelligence-to-oversee-their-kids-educations|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Lowell Sun|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216113240/https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/06/14/nh-dem-senator-working-class-parents-dont-have-intelligence-to-oversee-their-kids-educations/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Leader|first=Kevin Landrigan New Hampshire Union|title=Dem's comments put Senate Dist. 9 seat in GOP's sights|url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/statehouse_dome/dems-comments-put-senate-dist-9-seat-in-gops-sights/article_e4b6b832-ef9b-5509-9649-6c4447ff7676.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=UnionLeader.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117014030/https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/statehouse_dome/dems-comments-put-senate-dist-9-seat-in-gops-sights/article_e4b6b832-ef9b-5509-9649-6c4447ff7676.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=N.H. Dem Senator: School Choice 'Great if the Parent Is Well-Educated' But Shouldn't Be Available to Everyone|url=https://news.yahoo.com/n-h-dem-senator-school-175720851.html|access-date=2020-12-18|website=news.yahoo.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630095646/https://news.yahoo.com/n-h-dem-senator-school-175720851.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Dietsch's bill to establish Telecommunications Districts,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.governing.com/news/headlines/GT-New-Hampshire-Bill-Will-Allow-Multi-Town-Broadband-System.html| title = New Hampshire Bill Will Allow Multi-Town Broadband System| date = 12 November 2019}}</ref> in order to ease rural broadband expansion, became law in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-and-media/governor-chris-sununu-signs-two-bills-law|title=Governor Chris Sununu Signs Two Bills into Law}}</ref>
Dietsch's bill to establish Telecommunications Districts,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.governing.com/news/headlines/GT-New-Hampshire-Bill-Will-Allow-Multi-Town-Broadband-System.html| title = New Hampshire Bill Will Allow Multi-Town Broadband System| date = 12 November 2019| access-date = 30 December 2020| archive-date = 25 November 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201125225754/https://www.governing.com/news/headlines/GT-New-Hampshire-Bill-Will-Allow-Multi-Town-Broadband-System.html| url-status = live}}</ref> in order to ease rural broadband expansion, became law in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-and-media/governor-chris-sununu-signs-two-bills-law|title=Governor Chris Sununu Signs Two Bills into Law|access-date=2020-12-30|archive-date=2021-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305214509/https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-and-media/governor-chris-sununu-signs-two-bills-law|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Line 53: Line 53:


== Controversial Political Views ==
== Controversial Political Views ==
Dietsch has been an outspoken opponent of those who oppose her political views. Her Granite State Matters [https://granitestatematters.org] website calls for the identification and defeat of "extremists in New Hampshire. She identifies Libertarians, Republicans, and Freedom Caucus Members as extremists, and her personal blog (Saving Human Kind) specially calls for the "How to keep cockroaches & computers from inheriting the Earth", identifying the United States as a "captured" country by the Koch Brothers and according to her, is an ongoing coup attempt to remove democracy from the same.
Dietsch has been an outspoken opponent of those who oppose her political views. Her Granite State Matters [https://granitestatematters.org] website calls for the identification and defeat of "extremists" in New Hampshire. She identifies Libertarians, Republicans, and Freedom Caucus Members as extremists, and her personal blog (Saving Human Kind) specially calls for "How to keep cockroaches & computers from inheriting the Earth", identifying the United States as a "captured" country by the Koch Brothers and according to her, is an ongoing coup attempt to remove democracy from the same.


She is also against fossil fuels and supports open borders.
She is also against fossil fuels and supports open borders.
Line 61: Line 61:


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://granitestatematters.org]
*[https://granitestatematters.org] https://granitestatematters.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190906164243/http://gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district09.aspx Official NH Senate website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190906164243/http://gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district09.aspx Official NH Senate website]
*[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/172403/jeanne-dietsch Vote Smart]
*[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/172403/jeanne-dietsch Vote Smart]
Line 80: Line 80:
[[Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century American women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century American women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century American politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century American legislators]]
[[Category:21st-century New Hampshire politicians]]

Revision as of 18:50, 2 March 2024

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 (age 72)
Kenton, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBill Kennedy
Children2
BildungWestern Michigan University (BS)

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.

Early life and education

Dietsch was born in Kenton and grew up in Marion, Ohio, with her parents and three brothers.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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]

Controversial Political Views

Dietsch has been an outspoken opponent of those who oppose her political views. Her Granite State Matters [1] website calls for the identification and defeat of "extremists" in New Hampshire. She identifies Libertarians, Republicans, and Freedom Caucus Members as extremists, and her personal blog (Saving Human Kind) specially calls for "How to keep cockroaches & computers from inheriting the Earth", identifying the United States as a "captured" country by the Koch Brothers and according to her, is an ongoing coup attempt to remove democracy from the same.

She is also against fossil fuels and supports open borders.

References

  1. ^ "Market Potential Drives Adept Acquisition of MobileRobots". Robotics Business Review. 2010-06-25. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Robert L. (2005-10-10). "Robots Move Into Corporate Roles". Computerworld. Archived from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. ^ "Omron Adept Mobile Robots". D&B Hoovers. Archived from the original on 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. ^ Severo, Richard (1984-12-10). "Computer Makers Find Rich Market in Schools". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. ^ "Industrial Activity Board (IAB) Sukhan Lee VP for IAB IEEE RAS AdCom. Sendai, Japan, ppt download". slideplayer.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  6. ^ "Economic Development Authority". www.townofpeterborough.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  7. ^ "New Hampshire State Senate District 9". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  8. ^ "Statutory and Study Committee Search". Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  9. ^ "New Hampshire Senate panel puts an end to tax on higher-wage earners". NH Business Review. 2019-05-22. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  10. ^ Leader, DAVE SOLOMON New Hampshire Union. "Senate quickly kills proposed income tax on high wage earners". UnionLeader.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. 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. Archived from the original on 2020-12-16. 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. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. 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. Archived from the original on 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  14. ^ "New Hampshire Bill Will Allow Multi-Town Broadband System". 12 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Governor Chris Sununu Signs Two Bills into Law". Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  16. ^ Allen L. Potts, Our Family: History of Weist and Other Related Families, 1997, p.190