MY STORY

I’m from a very small rural town, beyond a small town, outside of Buffalo (burrr…) New York

We had one (yes – one) stop light in town, lot’s of cows and grapes and not much else…Their were 61 kids in my graduating class.You knew everyone, and everyone knew you.

I may have only been a very poor small-town girl in a trailer park but I had VERY BIG DREAMS! My Mother constantly told me to, “make something of yourself.”I knew that education was my only way out of the cycle of poverty. Determined to go as far as I could,as fast as I could, I went to college in Boston.

Five years later, at the age of 23, armed with only a degree in psychology, I was a drowning leader, going down for the third time, while running a for profit, corporate owned business as the Executive Director. Along the way, I learned to lead, got a masters degree, worked my way up the corporate ladder, became a CHRO and earned a PhD.

Today, I want my audiences to know that I am here to help other struggling leaders “Learn to Float” by becoming the absolute best version of themselves. Mentoring has a special place in my heart because I admit daily that if there was no one to help support and show me a better way, I would have indeed “drowned” during my earliest careeer efforts.

Since then, I’ve spoken in dozens of states specializing in I-O Psychology, Leadership Development and Human Resources topics. I strive to make the complicated easy and often fun! Keynotes and training (online and in-person) with workshops of any length are my idea of a good time

I love what I do, and I hope you will love your job again after our time together.