Q: What’s the most inspiring part of your job?

A: For me, the business community is one of the most overlooked, yet most important parts of a city. People often take their local businesses for granted because they’re ‘always there’. But now, more than ever, local businesses need access to resources to help them navigate a changing marketplace. The Chamber fills that role and the more that we can do to help them, the more valuable their membership becomes in the organization.

Q: The best piece of business advice I’ve been given is:

A: People do business with people they know and trust.

Q: Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?

A: I love acting in community theater.

Q: What are some causes you care about?

A: Helping bridge the gap between students and business has always been a passion of mine…whether through internships or speaker’s bureaus, providing the next generation of employees and business owners opportunities to learn is a passion of mine.

Q: In my spare time I enjoy:

A: Spending time with our granddaughter and our families

Q:What’s the most inspiring part of your job?

A: Being able to connect people, creating collaborations, advocating, educating and inspiring individuals and businesses to build a stronger community while sharing my love for Granbury!

Q: The best piece of business advice I’ve been given is:

A: Building relationships are key. Make people feel important, give them a sense of belonging, and create trust by being genuine and honest.  I strive every day to live by the words of Maya Angelou: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”  MMFI is one of my practices…ask me about it someday.

Q: Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?

A: Haha…I can do the worm like nobody’s business.

Q: What are some causes you care about?

A: This is the hardest question for me because there are so many that are dear to my heart.  A few of them are child abuse prevention, human trafficking, human rights, mental health, education, and foster care/adoption.

Q: In my spare time I enjoy:

A: Spending time with my son, friends, and family. Being active, adventurous, and outdoors doing just about anything like biking, kayaking, hiking, camping, listening to live music and volunteering are also some of my favorite things!

Q: What’s the most inspiring part of your job?

A: Being a part of something where I feel like I’m making a difference in the average person’s life. The chamber helps businesses grow and the local economy to flourish. That translates into a city with a better quality of life and living.

Q: The best piece of business advice I’ve been given is?

A: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters

Q: Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?

A: I was a baton twirler with state and national championship titles in the advance division as a teenager. Being in my 30’s, every now and then I pick up the baton and play around but clearly not at the level I use to be at!

Q: What are some causes you care about?

A: Fostering, adoption, and human trafficking.

Q: In my spare time I enjoy?

A: Meeting up with my close friends for lunch or dinner, spending quality time with my son, attending live sporting events or concerts, getting out on the lake, and treating my son and his friends to food, a movie, or other fun activities!