Judge Cronk, Jefferson County, was appointed to the Iowa District Court in November 2017. She attended Northeast Missouri State University and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1996 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She was in private practice from 1996 to 2010, serving as Assistant Van Buren County Attorney from 1996- 1999 and as County Attorney from 1999-2006. She served as Van Buren County Judicial Magistrate from 2006-2010. She is a member of The Iowa State Bar Association, Iowa Judges Association, and the District 8 Public Outreach Committee. She previously served on the judicial technology committee and currently serves on the judicial education committee.