Entrepreneurship shaped my belief that expertise is not enough; you have to know how to sell it. More than two decades of working with entrepreneurs also taught me that the visible problem is rarely the whole problem. I ask before I answer, look for the pattern beneath the symptoms, and build solutions that can hold up beyond the initial burst of enthusiasm.

Moving to the Greater Daytona area introduced me to a community rich with experienced professionals, entrepreneurial energy, and relationships—but without enough infrastructure connecting that talent to meaningful business opportunities. That gap became the foundation for Connecting Daytona and DBEC. What keeps me engaged is the possibility of building something useful: a stronger local economy where expertise is visible, companies can find the right capability, and good conversations lead somewhere.

Colleagues tend to discover that I am direct, curious, and deeply invested in getting to the real issue. I notice patterns, gaps, and opportunities that others may sense but have not yet named. I am not interested in strategy that dies in a document; I naturally connect the idea to the message, the sales process, the people, and the operational details required to make it work. I'll also be the one who will say the quiet part out loud.

Family, advocacy, and building a life that is healthy, happy, and whole all influence how I work. Raising a daughter, living in the sandwich generation, while navigating complex personal and legal challenges have strengthened my respect for time, clarity, documentation, and systems that work in real life. Those experiences have also made me attentive to the human impact of business decisions and fiercely protective of people’s ability to understand their options and advocate for themselves.