Her Excellency Dame Pauline Tallen was the Former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Starting her public service career in the Shendam local government Council in 1976 as a Clerical Officer and later to the Ministry of Local Government Affairs in that same position, Mrs Tallen later moved her way up to a position of Member of the management committee of the Shendam Local Government Council when she won her first political appointment to the local council in 1994 as Councillor. From the moment she entered into politics she has barely had one moment to herself because of many people who clamour around her in her home in Shendam. Her lively spirit at all times shows that she thrives on the interactions and on the chaos.