Professional Profile

Developer Empathic Ideator Connector Strategic Clarifier Implementer Innovator Communicator

Analyzing tasks and making them most efficient for clients is a skill that is taught in occupational therapy (OT), so to some degree that was ingrained in me during my college education. However, even before that, to my parents' dismay, I would look for more efficient ways to do just about everything: clean my room, do my homework, get from point A to point B (they had to remind themselves on numerous occasions that I would make a great adult someday). I guess you could say it’s part of my nature, and with that comes my natural tendency to be a creative problem solver. There are solutions to every problem and every inefficient process. When a problem or a challenge presents itself to me, my answer is never “there’s no way”, it’s “let’s think about how we can do this”.

I’m a firm believer in the creative problem solving process and I have an open mind to all possibilities. With that comes a commitment to growth. After all you can't be willing to discover innovative solutions to problems if you aren't willing to fail, learn and try again. From as early as I can remember I've challenged myself to be better at....life in general. I have had numerous boulders in my path but because of my tenacity I've figured out ways to not only overcome them, but to be a better person because of them. So whether it's trying to make my laundry system more efficient at home (I still have not mastered that :-) or modifying the way I teach on the fly so my students can be more successful or completing a training on Roberts Rules so I can be better equipped to run a meeting, I'm always looking for ways to be more efficient and effective in all that I do.

Annually I create/update my professional development plans based upon personal reflection and periodic assessment of my skills. The documents below highlight some of the areas I have focused on over my tenure including a thorough summary of my experiences in my CV, my current leadership development plan, the results of the Strengths Finder assessment (2018) and the FourSight assessment (2021) as well as a summary report of a very extensive 360 degree evaluation that was completed in 2022 by myself and 35 others (2 bosses, 6 direct reports, 13 peers and 14 students).