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When it comes to business, I keep my brand professional: I know that I represent my employer as well as myself and my family name. While I like to keep a wall of separation between my public and private lives, every wall has cracks where what psychology calls "backstage behavior" becomes visible. Rather than patch those holes, I cultivate what shows through.

A Google search will not reveal much about me (and that is by design), so here I invite you to peer through the cracks in my wall, to get to know me as a whole person - to see what family, friends, and close co-workers and colleagues get to see!

Do Not Listen to This Podcast!

I have been a guest a few times on Roger Wilkerson's Do Not Listen to This Podcast: uncensored and unabashedly me! Roger can make me laugh out loud - and that is not an easy accomplishment. If you can make me laugh, you have found a door in my walls.

All proceeds from Do Not Listen to This Podcast go towards feeding stray cats and dogs in Bangkok, Thailand, which is another reason why I feel comfortable guesting on this show. If I make a complete fool of myself, at least it is for a cause dear to my heart! 

"You can't have a little grace; you either have grace or you don't."

Congrats if you recognized the Seinfeld quote!

I am frequently told that I am the picture of sophistication and grace; I have enough self-awareness not to believe the hype and work harder to live up to it.

I can keep confidences while remaining on-brand, aware, and respectful of differing views. I am a master at pivoting the conversation. 

While I believe that every person in my life adds value to it, if I find someone to be repeatedly offensive, I will make every effort to stop finding them.
A buff tiger kitten protectively hugs a grey tiger kitten.
#mustlovedogs

I have a few signature hashtags, but #mustlovedogs is the one I use professionally. Dogs are loyal and loving to a fault; how you treat them tells the world about your character. 

Ironically, I only own cats: a grey tabby ("Tabbie") who knows, without a doubt, that she is the center of the universe, and her littermate, a buff tiger ("Leo") who thinks he is a Labrador retriever...and Tabbie's Samwise Gamgee.