Hailing from Milwaukee and Iowa City, Slotterback has a BA in political science from UW-Eau Claire and a MA in urban and regional planning from the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
Slotterback ມີວິຊາວິທະຍາສາດທາງດ້ານການເມືອງຈາກ UW-Eau Claire ແລະ MA ໃນການວາງແຜນໃນຕົວເມືອງແລະທ້ອງຖິ່ນຈາກໂຮງຮຽນ Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs ຂອງມິນນິໂຊຕາ.