Dallas-based artist - a painter - with a BA in American Studies, cum laude, and MA from the Winterthur Program in Early American Decorative Arts and museum management. Additionally, attended the Meadows School of Art from 1998 - 2001. Art work is collected worldwide in private and public spaces.

Graduated from Columbia School of Business in 1987. Joined McKinsey & Company as a management consulting. In 1990, co-founded a boutique firm specializing in Strategic Planning using the problem-solving methodologies learned at McKinsey to facilitate Senior Executive teams and Board of Directors address their business challenges and opportunities.