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Lolita Zinke

Lolita Zinke

Lolita "Lola" Hand Zinke is a resident of Montana. She is the wife of U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

Early Life & Education

Lolita was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. She is the daughter of Frederick Hand and Consuelo Castro Hand, former U.S. Consulate to Peru and a naturalized US citizen.

Lolita graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and California Western School of Law. She worked as a bilingual felony arraignment services for the San Diego County Public Defender's Office.

Career

Lolita was an uncover operative with the California Department of Motor Vehicles in San Diego. She is now self-employed as an estate property and asset manager.

Lolita is a co-founder of the Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation which created an 18 acre children’s sledding park in Whitefish, Montana. She founded the non-profit Amazon Kids to provide computers and educational services to children in the Amazon basin. Lolita has led multiple trips to the isolated parts of the Amazon and has worked to provide learning opportunities for the children there.

Lolita was paid $60,000 for her work on her husband's successful 2016 congressional campaign.

She served as President of the Freshmen Congressional Club and is "dedicated to bipartisan relationship building and charitable giving."

Lolita was a member of Donald Trump's Hispanic Outreach Committee and Women’s Outreach Committee during the 2016 campaign. Her husband was a Mitt Romney supporter, but Lola was able to bring him on board with Trump in May 2016.

Trump gave her a job on his Veteran's Administration Landing Team, which aimed to lay the groundwork for improvements to the Veterans Administration in his first 100 days.

Personal Life

In 1992, Lolita Zinke married Ryan Zinke, former Commander at SEAL Team Six and United States Secretary of the Interior. They have three adult children: Jennifer, Wolfgang, and Konrad. She has two grandchildren. [1]

She had top secret clearance on the Flag Officer staff of Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda in London.

Lolita's daughter Jennifer graduated first in her class from US Navy Diving school and married an active duty US Navy SEAL.

During Operation Operation Iraqi Freedom, her husband, daughter, and son-in-law were simultaneously deployed overseas to the Middle East.

Zinke is a Republican.

References

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Citation Linkpolitico.comPolitico
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Citation Linkgop.comGOP.com lrofile of Lolita Zinke
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Citation Linkheavy.comHeavy.com profile of Lolita Zinke
Jul 15, 2017, 11:32 PM
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Citation Linkopensecrets.orgOoen Secret funding report
Jul 16, 2017, 12:04 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comWith Donald J. Trump on the 2016 campaign trail
Jul 16, 2017, 12:12 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comYounger Lolita
Jul 16, 2017, 12:12 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comHaving fun with her hubbie Ryan
Jul 16, 2017, 12:13 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPartying with Ryan
Jul 16, 2017, 12:13 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comWearing a Make America Great Again cap and looking fierce
Jul 16, 2017, 12:13 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comSunset photo with sons
Jul 16, 2017, 12:14 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comFamily photo
Jul 16, 2017, 12:14 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comTrue love
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comWinning awards with Ryan
Jul 16, 2017, 12:15 AM
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Citation Linktwitter.comLolita Zinke on Twitter
Dec 21, 2018, 11:43 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comLola & Ryan Zinke (credit: Scott Olson, Getty Images)
Dec 21, 2018, 11:39 PM