She was a nurse at the Purdue University Student Health center where she was an Urgent Care Nurse and also an office nurse. From there, she joined the Arnett Clinic, working in several different capacities. Initially, she was a Utilization Review Nurse for the Arnett HMO. She went back to office nursing while at Arnett, serving as the Charge Nurse in the Occupational Medicine Department, Occupational Health Nurse at one of the large manufacturing plants in Lafayette, and Nurse Case Manager for Occupational Health Services at the Ferry Street Arnett Clinic. She retired from The Clinic in August of 2006.
Judy has been involved with the Lafayette School Corporation serving as a member of the Board of School Trustees and currently on the Holding Corporation for the Sunnyside remodeling project. She is married and has two grown daughters, Janeen and Julie.