Home: Mars, PA. Profession: Marketing and strategy. Title: Global Marketing Leader. Alma mater: University of Pittsburgh; Penn Western.
Current project: Establishing a home-staging business for real estate agents or people selling their homes. Latest accomplishment: I wrote a song, both lyrics and music, for someone who got married. Hobbies: Playing piano, singing at weddings, decorating, home staging, cooking, flower gardens, family events. Last book read: Do Good at Work,by Bea Boccalandro.
Personality profile: Kind, funny, creative, insightful, intelligent. What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Caring. What is your greatest joy? My family and time spent together. What is your guilty pleasure? Chocolate. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Medical doctors, for their ability to truly help people. What is your favorite vacation spot? Disney World. It’s somewhere I took my children many, many times growing up. What is at the top of your bucket list? A family European vacation. What is your go-to workout? Power walking. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Access to a beach.
What was your first paying job? Grocery store cashier as a teenager. What was your favorite college course? Strategic Marketing. What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Trivial Pursuit. What’s the best advice you received growing up? The Golden Rule: treat others as you want to be treated. What’s the best advice you received in your career? Let your work speak for itself. Your abilities will be made known through your work product. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? iPhone connectivity. What is your go-to source of creative inspiration? Women’s magazines and professional books.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field?
Standardization of several marketing processes to create greater efficiencies.
What change would you like to see in the world? Empowered decision-making and individuals and societies making choices based on facts and sound reasoning. What mega-trend most excites you? Clean nuclear enegy initiative.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Hysterical Family Adventures. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A secondary English teacher. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? My dog. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? Surrounded by family and friends, remembering all of the fun times in life and letting them know the impact they had on my life. What day in your life would you choose to re-live? My oldest son graduating from medical school and my youngest son graduating from college.
Personal mission: Empower others to be best versions of themselves and to pay it forward, leaving the world a better place. Favorite quote: “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years” (Abraham Lincoln). Desired epitaph: Well done, good and faithful servant (Matthew 25:23).
