My Personality

Bob Hope famously said, “I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.” In business and in life, I have always desired to understand and explore as much as I could. I grew up in a small farm town in the flat lands of Ohio, and longed to experience city life, so I spent the next 13 years after college in New York City conquering the business world and wetting my feet in the cultural melting pot that is big city life.

With the confidence that comes from succeeding in that atmosphere, I went west to San Francisco and then north to Portland before finally settling in another small town, this time in the high desert town of Prineville in beautiful outdoorsy central Oregon.

My husband David and I were drawn to central Oregon for it’s active lifestyle and blossoming community of entrepreneurs. We are both hands-on people and one of our personal goals was to build our own home, a log house on Indian Rock above the Prineville Reservoir and adjacent to BLM land. In our free time we enjoy challenging ourselves and exploring what life has to offer. We love to ski, kayak, bike, hike, dance, and climb (the easier) mountains–all of which are within a stone’s throw of where we are now. In our downtime we watch films and read with a strong taste for the classics.

Through all my travels and adventures, I have explored art, science, technology, and design in addition to business. With exposure to so many businesses, places and populations I refined my intuition and nurtured my creativity to be able to connect with diverse people emotionally and intellectually. It is through my experience and exposure to business from all levels and sizes of companies, from a variety of different cultures, and climates that I developed my “Strategy through People” perspective. I became known for my insatiable curiosity, my go-getter spirit, and my fast in-depth sizing up of a situation before jumping to a solution. My reputation is as a not-one-size-fits-all analyst who gives answers that work.