Juris Doctor, The University of Louisville, School of Law, May 1995. Recipient of the Samuel L. Greenebaum Writing Award and the American Jurisprudence Award for Advanced Legal Writing. Admitted to the practice of Law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, October 13, 1995.

Master of Divinity, Harvard University, June, 1989. Scholastic Emphasis: Public Policy and Administration; Medical Ethics. Co-President of Student Government. Distinguished as a "Hopkins Scholar," an academic honor established in 1636. Editor in Chief, Divinity School Newspaper. Member of the Administrative Board. Member of the Honor Board.

A. B., Smith College, May, 1985. Major Psychology (Physiological), Minor Education. Student Government Executive. Awards for Oratory and recognized as Smith’s Outstanding Scholar-Athlete. Honored for achievements in Student Government. Captain and four year member of the Varsity Basketball Team. Smith College Rowing Team. Baccalaureate Chairperson, Commencement 1985.

The Louisville Collegiate School, (High School) June, 1981.

Project Administrator for Empowerment Zone Initiatives, Louisville Development Authority. Responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing multi-million dollar programs designed to revitalize Louisville’s most distressed neighborhoods. Drafted grant applications that brought more than $5 million to the City. Involved in development projects totaling $45 million. Louisville, Kentucky, November 1994 to the present.

Project Coordinator for Public Policy, Office of the Mayor. Responsible for analyzing, articulating and promoting the public-policy initiatives of Mayor Jerry E. Abramson. Chief among those initiatives were the creation of a Community Development Bank, "CityWork" an award winning program designed to revitalize the productivity of the municipal government, and assisting with the completion of an Empowerment Zone Application submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for $100 million. Louisville, Kentucky, September 1992 to November 1994.

Director of the Volunteer's of America: Women's Center. Responsible for the overall administration of a residential Center for homeless women, including crisis management, volunteer development, community outreach, public relations and fund raising. Louisville, Kentucky, December 1989 to September 1990.

Staff Member, City of Cambridge Department of Human Services, Multi-Service Center for the Homeless. Coordinated a variety of agency programs to influence policy and optimize benefits for individuals without homes and families in transitional shelters. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fall 1987 to Summer 1988.

Health Services Supervisor, Life Adventure Camp. Directed the health, safety, and medical care in this rustic backpacking program for emotionally disturbed and behaviorally disordered teenagers. Lexington, Kentucky, Summer 1987.

Chaplain, Boston City Hospital. In this inner city general hospital, over 90% of the patients were uninsured. Victimization, drug abuse, emotional trauma and acute physical crises were combined with everything from A.I.D.S. to Yellow Fever. This created a work atmosphere which was always challenging and thought provoking. Recipient of the Hospital’s Commendation for Distinguished Service. Boston, Massachusetts, September 1986 to June 1987.

Smith College Sports Medicine Staff, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1982 to 1985.

The International South Pole Overland Expedition. The youngest member of a nine member team, representing five nations, that cross-country skied 750 miles across Antarctica to the geographic South Pole. One of two women who were the first women in history to travel to the South Pole by an overland route. This was also the first expedition in which Americans reached the South Pole via an overland route.

Mountaineering Expeditions: Mount Silverthrone, Alaska; Mount Kenya, Africa; Nevado Sajama, Bolivia; Mount Rainier, Washington; Lewis Nunatuk, Antarctica; The "Kentucky Six Expedition" Denali (Mt. McKinley), did not summit. Ice Climbing Expeditions: Brooks and Muldrow Glaciers, Alaska. Sea Kayaking: Prince William Sound, Alaska; Kiwiyu Channel, Indian Ocean, Kenya. Graduate, The National Outdoor Leadership School, Semester in Africa, Kenya, Africa, Summer, 1986. Graduate, The National Outdoor Leadership School, Semester in Alaska, Palmer, Alaska, Summer, 1985.

World First: First woman to ski to the geographic South Pole.

World First: First American to ski to the geographic South Pole.

World First: First Woman to climb Lewis Nunatuk, in the Antarctic.

Public Speaking: Over 150 speeches to a wide variety of organizations. Topics range from homelessness, substance abuse and A.I.D.S. to motivational speeches about high altitude mountaineering.

Competitive Rowing: Contended for a position on the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team, as a single sculler. Currently, competing on a national level and coaching competitive rowers and scullers.

Greenebaum Writing Award 1993 (University of Louisville, School of Law)

American Jurisprudence Award for Advanced Legal Writing

Award for Outstanding Oratory (Smith College)

Smith College Outstanding Senior Athlete: given to the senior who best embodies the ideals of the scholar-athlete at Smith College.