I am a California native, with a background in nonprofit and for-profit small business development. My first business startups were: A dive boat excursion company; a skydiving school; an auto repair shop; and personal computer sales, service and repair- where I established the first woman-run computer repair shop on the California central coast in the 1980’s. I continued with small office technology, working with early peer-peer networks and building first- generation mulit-media computer systems.

I moved from computer repair into the social sector after the birth of my son, learning how to form nonprofit organizations. My first nonprofit formation was in 2001, and I have become a specialist in nonprofit business development with a focus on legal and financial compliance. Since 2006 I have served on the Board of Directors for Sierra NonProfit Services in Sonora, CA, a nonprofit organization that provides training, resources, incubation and fiscal sponsorship to new and existing nonprofit organizations, social enterprise ventures, and community projects. I also collaborate with SCORE and Small Business Development Center consultants, and have served as mentor in the University of California (Merced) Venture Lab.

In 2020, I began working closely with Christopher Power on developing his vision for supporting a community organic farm in Lom Sak, Thailand. From the experiences and lessons learned, I and Christoper have co-founded the Excalibur Institute, a social enterprise venture formed to build conscious, thriving communities that bring out the very best in each individual.