Background
Racz, Irene was born on June 22, 1951 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Alexander John and Olga Krivy Racz.
Racz, Irene was born on June 22, 1951 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Alexander John and Olga Krivy Racz.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, 1973.
Administrative assistant New England Resource Center for Occupational Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973—1974. Reporter, editor Times Argus, Barre, Vermont, 1975—1979. Research analyst Vermont State Employees Association, Montpelier, 1979—1980.
City editor Times Argus, Barre, 1980—1983. Assistant sunday editor Sunday Times Argus/Rutland Herald, 1983—1985. Partner PressKit, Montpelier, 1985—1997.
Director of public affairs Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, Winooski, since 1997. Intern United States Senator Harold Hughes, Washington, 1971. Free-lance writer, Montpelier, Vermont, since 1985.
Publicist Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, since 1996. Teaching assistant Ithaca College, 1972.
Parent outreach associate Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Baltimore, since 1999. Volunteer, chaperone Montpelier to Thailand Isaarn Scholarship Fund, Montpelier, Vermont, since 2004. Chair Ice and Water flood relief committee, 1992.
Member Property Tax Relief Study Committee, 1992. Co-coordinator Environmental Learning for the Future, 1997—1998. Volunteer Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Williston, since 1996.
Member Vermont Women Working for Clinton/Gore , Montpelier, 1992. Member, chair The Giving Tree, Barre, 1983—1986. Member Kids'Fest, Montpelier, 1987—1990.
Member, committee chair Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Williston, 1990—1996. Member Pyralisk Arts Center, Montpelier, 2001—2002.
Married Glenn Michael Gershaneck, August 27, 1978. Children: Nathan Racz Gershaneck, Trina Racz Gershaneck.