PRIOR EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

BA, Management, Sonoma State University (1986): key electives included marketing, finance, real estate, and small business operations.

Prior to becoming a REALTOR I worked as a business consultant developing marketing plans for entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations and as a kitchen/bath designer for a home improvement retailer.  I also remodeled twelve vintage dwellings ranging from turn-of-the-century to mid-century modern — including kitchens, baths, re-roofing, septic repairs, and room additions — and have extensive experience in country property renovations.

WHERE I'M COMING FROM

I grew up primarily on a cattle ranch in Nebraska, finished high school in Orange County, California, and then lived in San Francisco until moving to Graton, a small Sonoma County village just west of Santa Rosa, in 1972.

Since arriving here I've been active in a wide variety of community activities including: serving on the parent advisory committee for my son's Head Start program, student teaching in the Women's Studies Department at Sonoma State University, being representative for the Graton area during a county planning department's update of the General Plan, and volunteering at the Battered Women's Shelter. I am especially proud of the year I spent as president of the Sonoma County branch of Habitat for Humanity beginning in 1998.

From 1999 through 2003 I served as Marketing Coordinator and assisted the Executive Director of Pegasus Theater Company in Monte Rio. I also acted and directed with the company and served on the Board of Directors during 2005 - 2006.

I regularly donate a minimum of 5% of my income to a variety of social causes including: the Sonoma County Council on Aging, Face To Face, Southern Poverty Law Center, Amnesty International, the Red Cross, and the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation. I also contribute regularly to the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa (a portion of which goes to the Center's yearly pledge of support to a dozen local service organizations) and to the Sae Taw Win II Buddhist Center in Graton — organizations that feed my soul and help me remember what is most important: honesty, integrity, and kindness.

I have a son, Ezra.  My life partner is Nancy.  I am a friend of Bill's. 

Having a sense of connection with place is a great delight of my life. To feel At Home is my joyous wish for everyone.

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