Jean Breaux was elected to the State Senate in December of 2006 and served as Assistant Democratic Leader for the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2012 to 2020.

Breaux was a member of the Indiana Recycling Market Development Board and the Medicaid Advisory Commission. She was appointed to serve on the Health and Human Services Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation’s 50 states, its commonwealths and territories.

Breaux also was a member of the Indianapolis Urban League, the NAACP, and past board member for the National Kidney Foundation. She also was appointed in 2011 to the Board of Commissioners for the Indiana Women’s Commission. In 2013, she was an advisor on the Indiana State Fair Advisory Committee. Breaux was also appointed to serve on the Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana.

In 2009, Breaux was selected to attend the Program for Emerging Political Leaders hosted by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Breaux attended Boston University and graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She also earned professional certificates from the Economic Development Institute and the International Economic Development Council.