Bio
Focusing on the possible has been fundamental throughout my varied professional career. Moving from healthcare and science to the arts and the artistic has provided a right and left-brain admixture in my work.
I made the jump from oncology research nurse to designer and sales manager for several fashion design companies to assisting and coaching the CEO of Applegate and coordinating the Senior Leadership Team. As Executive Director of a generously supported family foundation I influenced both the mission and grantee choices with a social justice focus. This included groups seeking to end the death penalty, meditation in prisons, education for girls in Haiti, immigration groups, even the renovation of a Buddhist temple in Bhutan. I continued my career as Managing Director of a contemporary arts center, helping to develop the mission statement, buying and developing properties where we created art galleries, an artist residency program, and performing arts space for music, cinema, giant puppetry, and dance-all with the filter of positive psychology in “revealing the transformational power of art.”
Recently, I have worked as a Positive Psychology educator through classes and workshops and am presently developing a Well-Being workbook and seminar.
