sentences:  Farrell is a former Democratic candidate for Connecticut's 4th congressional district in 2004 and 2006.She was appointed by President George W. Bush to become a member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2007 for a term ending on January 20, 2011.Farrell is a former elementary school teacher who later worked in the advertising industry and first became engaged in school politics when her children entered the public schools in Westport, Connecticut.