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.
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]
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 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]
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