I wasn't a kid who grew up thinking I wanted to be a lawyer. I was always a bit of a language geek. Living in Spain as a high school exchange student created a lifelong love of exploring different countries, cultures and languages and I had every intent of pursuing a career in the hospitality industry.

Practicing law was actually the furthest thing from my mind until my mother's accident. She was tragically thrown from a golf cart that flipped and rolled down a steep embankment in the prime of her life. While she narrowly escaped death, my mother was brain damaged and disabled for the rest of her life. The accident was the result of multiple compliance failures and became the impetus for me to go to law school and work on compliance and regulatory matters. My work for large multinational companies enables me to combine my love of language and of exploring different cultures with this practice of compliance and regulatory law; a combination I find truly fulfilling.

I have built high-functioning teams and best practice legal and regulatory compliance strategies/programs for publicly listed multinational corporations for over two decades now. Most recently I built a global compliance function and program for the world's third largest manufacturer of capital equipment and second largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment. Recent corporate restructuring has given me the opportunity to find my next challenge!