University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration. A foundation in business and a lasting connection to Michigan.
Perspective · People · Places
Experience shapes how I see.
Across ten cities and a career spanning manufacturing, banking, education, and nonprofit leadership, I have learned to listen for context: how people live, how work moves, and what a community values.
Detroit is home. Washington, DC is where I live today. Rural communities and large metropolitan cities have shaped my adaptability, my relationships, and the questions I bring into a room.
Places that ground me
Ten cities. More than one way to see the world.
Ten places have shaped how I understand belonging, pace, opportunity, and community. These are personal memories from each chapter of my life.
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Detroit, MI
Home
Born and raised on the west side. Cass Tech graduate and former Bates Brat. What Up Doe?!
Ann Arbor, MI
Go Blue! Proud University of Michigan graduate.
Kokomo, IN
Great friends and relationships. Not the one in the Beach Boys song.
Chicago, IL
Chicago Booth graduate. Bone-chillingly cold weather.
New York, NY
I like to walk slowly and wear color. Great for weekends.
Miami, FL
Great beaches, restaurants, and spas.
Charlotte, NC
Where uptown is downtown and silence is more telling than words.
Helena, AR
Small-town, rural living near the Mississippi Delta.
St. Louis, MO
Food and parks exceeded my expectations.
Washington, DC
Current home
Culture, art, intellectual rigor. A smedium city with big-city trappings. I love it here.
Education
Learning that stays with me.
University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business
Master of Business Administration. A place to deepen my understanding of organizations, decisions, and leadership.
Broad Residency
Education leadership study through the Broad Residency.
Continued learning
Leading and Scaling Human-Centered AI Adoption, Wharton Executive Education × CHIEF.
Recognition for leadership and service
Pearl Essence Distinguished Service Award, 2026
Receiving the award from Washington DC Alumnae Chapter President Nicole G. Jordan in recognition of sustained service and commitment to the chapter’s Cardinal Virtues.
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Leadership Award of Distinction, 2008.
Citi Community Development recognition for exemplary service to United Way CitiFund, July 2011.
More than one role
One person. Boardroom and kitchen table.
Sister, aunt, daughter, friend. Leader, learner, giver, receiver.
The same curiosity and care connect these roles. I make room for responsibility and joy, for contributing and receiving, and for learning something that changes my perspective.
I grew up on Detroit’s west side, the second of five children. Family and community taught me to listen, be resourceful, and pay attention to the people around me. The cards and letters I have kept remind me that relationships are built through ordinary acts of attention and care.
Auntie Nelle.
I take my auntie duties seriously: four nieces, two nephews, and one very proud aunt.
Room for joy.
Casual karaoke singer, with equally low amounts of singing talent and shame. I dance anywhere, like the world is my living room. An excellent +1 for dinners and trips.
Egypt, South Africa, and Jamaica are among my favorite trips. Beaches over mountains; nature over architecture. I make room for museums, learning, and the people I meet along the way.
Another way to describe my personality
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Carry the story forward.
Explore the leadership experience and writing that have grown from these influences.
City and campus photo credits
Detroit: A Healthier Michigan, CC BY-SA 2.0. Washington, DC: Kaitlynhigh, CC0.
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Michigan Law Quad: (WT-shared) Jha4ceb, CC BY-SA 4.0. Chicago Booth Harper Center: University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Photographs are cropped in the page layout; original files are unchanged.
Kokomo, Indiana: Terez93, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chicago, Illinois: Mike Boehmer, CC BY 2.0
New York City, New York: Luigi Novi / Nightscream, CC BY 3.0
Miami, Florida: Ochilink, CC BY-SA 3.0
Charlotte, North Carolina: Cmett003, CC BY-SA 4.0
Helena, Arkansas: Chris Litherland / Photolitherland, CC BY-SA 3.0
St. Louis, Missouri: Kelly Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0
Additional city photographs are resized and cropped for display, with a shared muted-color treatment. Helena is a monochrome photograph.