Seven years ago when my brother Bart was killed by a police officer, I was immobilized by grief. My son D2 was just two years old and it was all I could do to function on a day to day basis let [...]
I’m thrilled to a featured speaker at this year’s TEDx Greensboro. The event will be held on April 4th at Triad Stage theater. This year’s theme is Keep it Simple. If [...]
Another year has come and gone. Now we welcome 2019 with renewed energy and hope to get healthy, be more productive and generally just be BETTER. Right? If you know me, you know I don’t [...]
Nine years ago when I had my son D2, I had no concept of paid family leave. While I knew I would take three months off, I just assumed I’d make my regular pay check. How little I knew. I [...]
You are asked to chair your son’s school library fundraiser for the third year in a row. The principal tells you that no other mother is as organized or has raised as much money as you have and [...]
I’m fortunate to get to speak around the country on a topic I love – women’s leadership. Invariably though when I talk about women, careers and family the question I always get [...]
“Why didn’t we have any female applicants?” This was the question posed by my colleague after a final round of candidate interviews. Where were the women? I recently [...]
You know you’ve watched them. They make you laugh. They make you weep. They make you think and often question what you know to be true. Sometimes they get you so fired up you send a link to [...]
When I was a young PR manager working in New York in the late nineties, I desperately wanted to land an overseas assignment. I tried to get on large, international client accounts and made sure [...]
I’m really excited to be a featured speaker this year at TEDx Greensboro, on Friday May 13th. Check out the TEDx Greensboro site at http://tedxgreensboro.com to see all of the amazing [...]
