Previously, she had served as public relations director for the Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Society of Financial Service Professionals, an national association with 200 Chapters and 32,000 members. A native of upstate New York and a 1986 graduate of St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y., she is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Public Relations Society of America, and the American Society of Association Executives. The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is a professional organization with over 19,000 accounting professionals.
Membership includes practitioners in public accounting, industry, government and education.