. 35+ years experience in the jewelry world
. Author of award-winning book, “Profiting by Design”
. Ran an award-winning wholesale jewelry design business and a retail gallery
. Exhibited in hundreds of craft and industry trade shows
. Teach classes, workshops and give presentations around the US
. Won the Contemporary Jewelry Design Groups Designer Advocate award
. Traveled around the US for nine years selling our line
. Sold to top retail stores, galleries and high-end department stores
. Served on the BOD of WJA, SNAG, CJDG, Metalwerx, Maine Craft Assn
. Write regular blogs for Rio Grande “Business Know How” and “Influencers”
. BA in Jewelry from Central Washington University