[1] She attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, beginning in 1989,[1] where she majored in both political science and speech.

[2] She also served two years as an intern and press aide for Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska before graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

She was also active with CSG, otherwise known as the Council of State Governments, having served as the past chair of the Western Region.

The new Majority Caucus that was formed ousted the existing Bipartisan Coalition (of which McGuire was a part of) with oil tax reform being one of its main objectives.

Over the course of two years they traveled across the state talking and listening to locals and elders from a broad range of communities and perspectives.

That same year McGuire was leader in getting Alaska's Arctic Policy, the first of its kind from a sub-national jurisdiction, established into law.

The summit brings together a broad range of women leaders and speakers to convene on such topics as the gender pay gap, housing and homelessness, sexual assault and domestic violence.