Graduation Year: 1984
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
Major at Santa Clara: English
Occupation: Attorney
Favorite memory from Santa Clara
- Too many to choose just one! But, in no particular order:
- The smart, funny, kind, wonderful friends I made
- Mornings walking to O'Connor for 8am classes
- All-nighters doing edit and paste-up in The Santa Clara office
- Reading 100 Years of Solitude for the first time
- Every class with Mr. Degnan
- Learning Italian
- "Studying" at Graham Pool and in the Mission Gardens
- Grad Week
Extracurricular activities while a student at SCU
- The Santa Clara staff
- Intramurals
- English Club
- Italian Club
- KGO Radio intern
- Law Library staff
- Study abroad in Florence, Italy
My hobbies and interests
- Cooking
- Crosswords
- Family
- Politics
- Reading
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Travel
- Trivia
- Volunteering in my community
Things I am good at...
- Clear communication
- Critical thinking
- Event planning
- Juggling (literally and figuratively)
- Nonprofit fundraising
- Organization
- Prioritization of tasks for long- and short-term projects
- Research and analysis
Expertise that I have acquired in my life and career that I bring to my term of service on the SCU Alumni Board
- As a parent, attorney, and community volunteer, I have learned the value and importance of:
- Ethical decision-making
- Listening to a plurality of voices and perspectives
- Making complex ideas, initiatives, and requirements understandable
- Cultivating "passion for anonymity" in serving elected and public officials
