She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Utah State University in 1973 with a degree in Spanish and a minor in History, focusing in Latin American Studies. Menlove attended Indiana University, where she worked as a Spanish Graduate Teaching Assistant. Menlove graduated with a Master of Surgery in Secondary Education.
She later earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education from Utah State University in 1999.
She is Vice Provost of Utah State University. Early Life and After graduating from Utah State University. Menlove has served as a teacher in the Granite School District, Tooele County School District, Rich County School District, and has held several positions at Utah State University since 1989 where she currently serves as the Vice Provost for Regional Campuses and Distance Education.
She was elected to the Utah Legislature in 2004 and was re-elected to the Utah House in District 1 in 2006.
Menlove has served as an Election Judge, and as a County and State Delegate to the Republican Party Convention and has served as a Utah State Representative since 2005. Political During the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions, Menlove served on the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee, the House Ethics Committee, and the House Rules Committee.
During the interim, she served on the Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee and the Health and Human Services Interim Committee. Menlove also participated in the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel and the Utah Constitutional Revision Commission.
Menlove also floor sponsored:
SB0008801 Social Services Base Budget
SB0042 Early Childhood Education
SB0081801 Permanent State Trust Fund Amendments
SB0084 Amendments to Governor"s Rural Boards
SB0098 Paraeducator Funding
SB0104 Improvement of Reading Instruction
SB0126 Child Welfare Amendments
SB0140 Advanced Placement Test Funding
SB0255 Social Work Amendments.
A Republican, she is a member of the Utah House, representing the state"s 1st house district in Box Elder County.
