BA Colorado College (Business), Minor (Economics)

Production Management Hedstrom Manufacturing, Eagle Rubber Company Division – Ashland, OH

Production Management Ocean Pacific (Op) Division of Bayly Corp. - Denver, CO & Santa Ana, CA

Five years VP Tarponwear Inc., a leading manufacturer of technical apparel – Jackson, WY

Five years President of Tarponwear International Inc. - Jackson, WY & Newport Beach, CA

Five years President of Griffin Enterprises, Inc., a business consulting firm – Jackson, WY

BA University of Louisville (Education); BS University of Texas at SA (Microbiology)

Five years University of Texas Health Science Center Faculty

Three years Director College Transfer Program, Mitchell Community College, Statesville NC

Certified problem-based learning, Wake Forest University Certified Hotel Trainer, 2008

Eight years as designer for classroom and internet training including Bank of America and Lowe’s Companies 

Past President of Real Training Solutions for Business, consultant providing internet-based simulated training programs for large and small retail companies

MA UCLA (Urban Planning; emphasis in community service); BA Cal State Long Beach

Twice elected President, Humble ISD School Board (HISD) a 27,000 student district

National School Board Association conference speaker on “Planning That Really Works”

HISD representative to Texas Special House Committee on Annexation Impact

HISD representative to House and Senate Committees on educational funding

Kingwood Medical Center Hospital Board: 2003-2004

HISD Long Range Planning, HISD 2010 Vision, Pres. Humble PTA Council, Tex. PTA Dist. 11 Leadership chair

1993 Humble Area Woman of the Year in Education

Graduated with honors, Princeton University, 1982

Graduated Harvard Business School, 1986, concentration in Finance.

Nine years as Managing Director of William Blair & Company, Chicago. Led investments in the Firm's private equity fund.

More than ten years as Principal with GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, a leading private equity firm in the United States with over $8 billion in equity capital.

Five years as the Managing Principal with GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC.

Currently, a Senior Advisor for GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC.

BA Colby College (Philosophy), Minor (English)

Three years taught ESL at Salamanca, Guanajuato MX

Team Leader of Professional Bloomberg sales at Bloomberg L.P.

Two years equity analysis experience in mergers and acquisitions at a private hedge fund

Two years fundraising experience as the development coordinator at TVRC Education Foundation