• Graduated Cum Laude from Boston College in 1988; double major B.S. in English & Communications
  
  
• 2 years of live TV experience that prepped me for just about anything.....work on Evening Magazine, a children's program called "Ready to Go" and Production assistant for Tom Bergeron at WBZ-TV "People Are Talking" in Boston, MA (before Tom became famous)
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• 10+ years in technology marketing: Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Network Computing Devices (NCD), and Beatnik, Inc. 
  • Recruited to join a prestigious executive training program at DEC, ultimately managing the company's software development initiative with Oracle
  • Youngest marketing director in NCD's history; managed the partnership with Microsoft
  • Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Beatnik, Inc. working with MTV and the music industry to develop new digital licensing models in the "Napster era" of music piracy

• 10 years in entertainment marketing as Co-Founder & COO of Tribal Brands. "Risked it all" to start, build and maintain a company funded only through revenue (no bank loans, no investors):
  • ​Grew company to a staff of 100 and approximately $40M/year in revenues
  • Created programs between the entertainment industry and leading carriers & handset manufacturers (Verizon Wireless and Motorola most notably).
  • Negotiated and managed cell-phone based marketing programs with top music artists like Maroon 5, The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Green Day, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban & Justin Timberlake
  • ​Developed mobile app promotions with blockbuster movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and Inception
    
    
• 7 years in the Aging in Place industry
  • ​Published by The Atlantic  in 2013; followed by regular publications in Forbes, NPR & PBS Next Avenue
  • authored an eBook, "Careless Caregivers", which achieved a number 2 rank in Amazon's Eldercare category
  • Featured speaker at the 2015 national conference, Aging in America 
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• ​Today:
  • ​Working like crazy to understand and leverage Instagram, Pinterest, Google & Etsy to build the on-line retail venture - www.interest-candles.com 
  • ​Capitalizing on interest candles' editorial features in top rated equestrian publications: Horse & Style, Equestrian Living & EQLuxe 
  • Expanding the success of the candle business into an equestrian body care products 
  • Always trying to become a competent dressage equestrian and better-educated horsewoman to manage my current herd of 5 horses......plus 1 leased FEI horse in 2022!​