A Senator from New Hampshire; born in Nashua, N.H., June 27, 1968; graduated Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1990; graduated Villanova University, J.D., 1993; law clerk to New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Sherman Horton; lawyer; prosecutor, New Hampshire attorney generals office 1998-2000; staff, New Hampshire attorney general 2000-2003; counsel to New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson 2003; deputy attorney general of New Hampshire 2003-2004; attorney general of New Hampshire 2004-2009; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2010 for the term ending January 3, 2017. Ayotte currently serves of the boards of Caterpillar, News Corp, BAE Systems, Boston Properties, Blink Health and Bloom Energy. She also serves on the advisory boards of Microsoft, Chubb Insurance and Cirtronics, as well as a number of non-profit boards.