I have an MA and PhD in Educational Psychology and spent a couple of years after graduating as a Counseling Psychologist at a university counseling center. I felt that the level of contact with youth in distress was stressful and left to take a position as a research analyst in the Psychiatry Department at a university. I enjoyed the intellectual challenge and growth involved in mastering new analytic techniques but found the men in charge to be incredibly self-absorbed and unsupportive.

; Housing Counselor

; Owner of Employment Agency, Retail Sales Owned and operated a staffing company in the northwest specializing in placing clerical, skilled laborers as well as paralegals, legal secretaries, and attorneys for law firms. Placed over 230,000 people in jobs over 20 years. worked for Nordstrom, Inc, for 5 years selling mens clothing aand serving as president of the Customer Service Board.

25+ years in the Accounting field ; Preservation Historian I had been a bookkeeper in a family owned business in St. Louis for a number of years. I married in 1972. In 1982, my husband, two daughters and I moved to Kansas City so that he could start a job with the Social Security Administration. I took a job in accounting in the corporate world. My husband died from a sudden coronary in 1995.

I am a 75-year-old retired Aerospace Engineer and Buddhist. I was married for forty years. Seven years ago , we divorced amicably. One year ago yesterday my former wife died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack. Since her death, I've stepped up my Buddhist practice considerably.

; Corporate Sales Manager Thirty four years in corporate sales work from territory sales, National Account sales, Assistant Sales Manager, and Regional Sales Manager. Moved to Oregon on promotion with large Fortune 200 company and have been through three seperate "downsizings" that have taught me a great deal. I am now ready to move to a new work life in the "green" arena here in the Northwest. I have BS in Forestry Management and an MBA in Marketing and a very significant amount of training in the sales/management field. I have 12 years of successful experience in Sales Management and truely do enjoy that role.

; Account Manager Software Sales Several years in the software sales industry and consulting services. Solution solving to various industry sectors right down to the family owned business providers world wide.