During her last term as speaker she worked with the Republican-led senate to pass Gender Pay Equity and to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

In addition to her service in the New Hampshire House, Speaker Norelli was elected 40th president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) at the organization's 2011 annual Legislative Summit in San Antonio, Texas.

Representative Norelli served as president-elect for a year until being installed as president at NCSL's 2012 Legislative Summit in Chicago, Ill.

All SLLF programs focus on two categories: strengthening leadership skills and examining critical public policy issues.

Norelli was also named Legislator of the Year by the NH Women's Lobby, and the National Association of Social Workers.

[3] Norelli is currently also serves on the Advisory Board of The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Policy at UNH Law School.

[4] In 2015, Norelli was appointed Perkins Bass Distinguished Visitor at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth.

Her depth of legislative experience and focus on civility and dialogue comes at a time when the Dartmouth community looks for exactly that type of leadership model.

[10] Norelli earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics education, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, at the University of New Hampshire, and was a math teacher at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, NH, before she ran for the legislature.