The focus of my career over the past 25 years has been in the nonprofit sector as an educator, civic leader and facilitator. I have been recognized for my skill in facilitating groups dealing with strategic planning and organizational change. My areas of expertise include strategic leadership and planning, board governance, leadership development, group facilitation and conflict resolution. As a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Junior Leagues International, I served as the board facilitator for the organization's adoption of the Policy Governance® model. In addition to providing training and facilitation for nonprofit boards around governance issues and strategic leadership, I have also created and led numerous leadership development programs for use with volunteers in community service organizations. In 2002, I became a founding member of the WERC Consulting Group.

I graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Education. My career has included serving as Director of Continuing Medical Education at Boston University School of Medicine after teaching special education and elementary education in the Natick Public Schools.

My civic leadership includes serving on the Board of Governors of the New Art Center; the Outreach Committee of the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church; Board of Directors of the Association of Junior Leagues International, graduate of LeadBoston 1995 and Board of Directors of the LeadBoston Community of the National Conference for Community and Justice; facilitator for the Outward Bound Professional Education Program; graduate of the Policy Governance Academy 2000.