She is the director of the Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business (CESB). This center integrates ethics and sustainable business teaching and service to community and the university, as well as research. She also has served as chair of the College of Business' annual Business Ethics Week since 2007, is founder of the Ethics & Compliance Workshop series, co-developed the Business Certificate in Ethics & Compliance and the MBA emphasis in ethics & compliance. She also has corporate executive and management experience in risk management and human resources in the banking, healthcare and property/casualty insurance industries. Her education includes: a BA in Economics from Indiana University, and two Master's degrees from the University of South Florida. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy (Ethics) from the University of South Florida.