A RELENTLESSLY TENACIOUS DOER, SPURRED BY A DESIRE TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, SHE BEGAN A FOUR-YEAR PRESERVATION CRUSADE (2000-2004) FROM HER DESK IN CORPORATE AMERICA. SHE FOUNDED THE CITY OF DALLAS’S 11TH CONSERVATION DISTRICT, “M” STREETS EAST IN 2004, WHICH CONTAINS AN ANTI-DEMOLITION CLAUSE PROTECTING THE STREETSCAPE AND INTEGRITY OF THE CLOSE-KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD. IN 2002, MBNA AMERICA BANK RECOGNIZED HER WORK IN PRESERVATION WITH THEIR FRANCIS X. NORTON COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD. AS A PRESERVATION DALLAS MEMBER, SHE RECEIVED THE 2003 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR STEWARDSHIP AND THE 2004 VOLUNTEER AWARD.

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            AFTER 17 YEARS IN DIVERSE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FORTUNE 100 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, SHE TOOK A SKI SABBATICAL DISGUISED AS LAW SCHOOL IN THE SUMMER OF 2012. IN VERMONT, SHE WORKED FOR THE AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES - FOREST, PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION AS A LEGAL CLERK, THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH (BETWEEN KILLINGTON & OKEMO SKI AREAS) PLANNING COMMISSION & ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AS BOARD SECRETARY, AND RICARDO A. ST. HILAIRE, JD, CIPM, AS A LEGAL RESEARCHER ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO CULTURAL HERITAGE LAW AND UNESCO’S CPIA (CULTURAL PROPERTY IMPLEMENTATION ACT).

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            DURING THE FALL OF 2014, SHE MOVED TO DETROIT TO WORK ON LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVING MUNICIPAL/PUBLIC-PRIVATE FINANCIAL BOND PACKAGES, URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS INVOLVING THE NEW $650 MILLION DOLLAR RED WINGS STADIUM, AND VARYING COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO RETURN VITALITY TO DETROIT’S DOWNTOWN AND RIVERFRONT.

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            IN 2015, WHILE CONTRACTING AT THE PEROT MUSEUM AS A LEGAL CONTRACT SPECIALIST, SHE AND FELLOW DALLAS PRESERVATIONISTS: VIRGINIA MCALESTER, JIM ROGERS, AND NEIL EMMONS FORMED THE DALLAS ENDOWMENT FOR ENDANGERED PROPERTIES (DEEP) REVOLVING FUND TO BUY, DEED RESTRICT, AND SELL AT- RISK HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

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            ORIGINALLY FROM NEW YORK STATE, SHE IS A GRADUATE OF THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL IN DALLAS. SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN AMERICAN STUDIES HISTORY FOCUSED ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION & MUSEUM SCIENCE WITH A MINOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. AS WELL AS, A MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZING IN THE AEC (ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION) SECTOR FROM STEPHENS COLLEGE IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI. IN 2015, SHE COMPLETED A JURIS DOCTOR SPECIALIZING IN LAND USE MANAGEMENT & PLANNING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE PROPERTY LAW AND GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAND USE FROM VERMONT LAW SCHOOL. SHE IS A UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS CENTER FOR WORKFORCE STUDIES GRADUATE PROGRAM CERTIFIED FACILITATOR.

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            A FORMER COLLEGE SOCCER PLAYER, SHE STAYS ACTIVE SKIING, MOUNTAIN BIKING, KAYAKING, AND OCCASIONALLY RESCUING STREET DOGS IN HER SPARE TIME.