OVERVIEW 

I have served in a number of paid and volunteer roles in nonprofits including as an Executive Director and a board chair so I understand nonprofits generally and I understand the work of Child Care Aware of MO specifically having worked in the field (University City Children’s Center / LUME Institute, YWCA HeadStart and supervised an early childhood program at Central Reform Congregation). I have also been an advocate for early care and education and have completed several projects on behalf of Child Care Aware and other organizations (business training for center directors, economic impact of ECE, providing expert testimony to state and federal officials, etc.). I believe in the value of early childhood education as a key to future learning and I understand the needs of families for quality care of their youngest children.  I continue to be stunned that our country fails to support the education of all our children from birth to college. 

CAREER HISTORY 

My areas of expertise are managing organizations, human resources, and operations. I have served in leadership roles in corporate, nonprofit and start up environments. I have led teams as large as 50 people.  At FleishmanHillard I held my first operations job and also became interested in specializing in human resources. Working in management, I observed and learned from senior leadership in a global communications firm. At LUME Institute I worked on the team building the Flance Early Learning Center and created budgets and plans for the Center. At YWCA HeadStart I led the HR team for a $30 million organization with 350 employees, many of them in early childhood roles. Most recently I worked in technology seeing all aspects of building, running and ultimately merging small companies. At Central Reform Congregation I used my business, financial and management skills to turn around a floundering organization. 

BOARD SERVICE AND EDUCATION 

I have extensive experience on nonprofit boards as a board member, board chair and as a consultant. I have expanded my skills by attending training, conferences and workshops on board development and governance. I completed an MBA at Washington University and I currently live in St. Louis, MO.