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Jane Lewis Corwin (born February 29, 1964)〔 is an American politician and businesswoman who has served as a Republican Party member of the New York State Assembly since 2009. She represents the 142nd Assembly District which covers parts of Erie and Niagara counties. Corwin was also the Republican Party nominee in the special election held on May 24, 2011 to fill Western New York's 26th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives previously held by Republican Chris Lee. She faced three other candidates in the election; losing to Democrat Kathy Hochul 47 percent to 43 percent, according to unofficial results.〔 Independent Jack Davis who ran on a Tea Party line garnered 9 percent of the vote, and Green Party candidate Ian Murphy got 1 percent.〔 Before entering politics, Corwin was on the board of directors of the family business, and worked at a financial firm while earning her master's degree in business administration. ==Early life and education and business career== Corwin has said she spent 36 years working in the private sector, beginning her business career at age eight by delivering phone books for The Talking Phone Book,〔 the family business that had been founded by her father, Wilbur Lewis, a former salesman.〔 During her teen years, she proof-read the company's publications, and while in college, she was vice president of marketing.〔 Corwin has stressed she did not grow up wealthy, noting that in the 1980s, her family almost lost their home.〔 She began college at the private Ithaca College and had to transfer to the State University of New York at Albany because of cost concerns.〔 She earned a B.A. degree in psychology from SUNY in 1985, and then attended Pace University earning an M.B.A. in finance in 1990.〔 She worked on Wall Street from 1987 to 1990 as a research director for Henry Ansbacher, Inc.,〔 a British financial firm that helped large media conglomerates acquire small, locally owned newspapers.〔 She also served on the board of directors of the Talking Phone Book as Secretary-Treasurer beginning in 1987,〔 making strategic decisions for the company.〔 After completing her education in 1990, she returned to Western New York State to marry Philip M. Corwin II whom she had met in graduate school. The couple worked at The Talking Phone Book with Philip serving as chief financial officer.〔〔 She also began a family, and has said of this time, "I didn't go into the office every day ... We had more board discussions over the kitchen table than the board room."〔 The business was sold to Hearst Corporation in 2004 for $400 million, making Corwin and her siblings wealthy, according to the ''Buffalo News''.〔 Campaign disclosure forms have indicated Corwin's personal assets is between $58 and $158 million, mainly derived from her family's business.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jane Corwin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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