EDUCATION
BA, Management, Sonoma State University, (1986): Emphasis on marketing and small business operations.

Graduate, Sonoma County REALTOR® Association’s Country Properties Series, (1994): a study of concerns related to water and wells, easements and access, septic systems, permits and zoning, and sellers’ disclosure obligations.

Accredited Buyer Representative, Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (1998): National Association of REALTORS® course focused on buyer representation.  I was the second agent in Sonoma Country to receive this accreditation.

Seniors Real Estate Specialist (2005): specialized training in counseling senior clients through the major financial and lifestyle transitions involved in selling the family home, relocating to a retirement community, or purchasing a seasonal home.  

Graduate, North Bay Association of REALTORS® Country Property Series, (2006): an updated version of the 1994 class listed above.


PROFESSSIONAL BACKGROUND
Prior to becoming a REALTOR® I worked as a business consultant, developing marketing plans for entrepreneurs, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, and as a kitchen designer for a home improvement retailer.   I’ve also managed the renovation of twelve dwellings — including kitchen and bath remodels, re-roofing, septic repairs, and room additions.  I have extensive experience in transactions involving country properties and vintage homes.


PERSONAL BACKGROUND
I grew up on a cattle ranch in Nebraska, finished high school in Orange County, California, and then lived in San Francisco until I moved to Graton, a small Sonoma County town just west of Santa Rosa in 1972.

Since then I’ve been active in a wide variety of community activities including: serving on the parent advisory committee for my son’s Head Start program, student teaching in the Women’s Studies Department at Sonoma State University, being representative for the Graton area during a county planning department’s update of the General Plan, and volunteering at the Battered Women’s Shelter.  I am most proud of the year I spent as President of the Sonoma County branch of Habitat for Humanity beginning in 1998.  

From 1999 through 2003 I served as Marketing Coordinator and assisted the Executive Director of Pegasus Theater Company in Monte Rio. I also acted and directed with the company and served on the Board of Directors from 2005 through 2006.

I regularly donate at least 5% of my income to a variety of social causes including: the Sonoma County Council on Aging, Face To Face, Southern Poverty Law Center, Death With Dignity Alliance, Amnesty International, the Red Cross, the Sonoma County Humane Society.  I also donate on a weekly basis to the Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa in support of my own spiritual well-being and the Center’s annual pledge to a variety of worthy community service organizations.

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707 823-8329, or toll free 877 823-8329