She is owner/president of United Innovations, an organization development consulting firm primarily training people in Management Development, Creative Problem Solving and Facilitation Skills in the United States and Brazil. She was Managing Editor for eleven years of the Journal of Creative Behavior, a publication of the Creative Education Foundation for which she is also an adjunct faculty member and colleague, and has received their Distinguished Leader Award. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education, Chemistry and Mathematics; and a Master of Science degree in Creative Studies and Personnel Administration, both from Buffalo State. Her Doctorate of Education in Executive Leadership is from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY