My Leadership Style is “Empowering Others”. My Top 3 Personal Values are Family, Integrity, & Fun.My Top 3 Passions are Playing My Guitar, Wellness, & the Japanese Philosophy of Kaizen 改善.After 25 years working for 2 Fortune 400 companies as a sales leader and recruiter with rewarding experiences and friendships, I followed my passions and transitioned into academia as a Lecturer in Professional Development within the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University – Bloomington. I am a passionate, collaborative, innovative thinker who thrives on connectedness, strengths-based leadership, process discipline, and experiential learning to foster curiosity and personal growth.Having led organizations as large as forty-eight and leveraging my experiences leading undergraduate recruiting teams at Penn State, I continue to be passionate about leveraging my skills, diversity of thought, and desire to learn to further develop the next wave of future business leaders at Kelley. Coaching, developing others, inclusiveness, and ethical leadership are critical attributes of any professional and being able to share successes, learn from mistakes, and apply concepts are incredible opportunities to teach against. I humbly look forward to working with and learning from incredible students, administrators, faculty, and other stakeholders as I take my next step as an incoming doctoral student in Instructional Systems Technology at the School of Education at IU - Bloomington.Within my current role at the Kelley School of Business, I am charged with building a curriculum that aligns to the mission, vision, and values of Indiana University – Bloomington. Specifically, to provide students with value-added and innovative learning and resources that further develop their skill sets from an academic, professional, and community perspective. Course goals for the 6 different courses that I lead are around individual, team, and leadership development progression through an innovative grading system that I leverage, Specifications Grading, that empowers students to be in the driver’s seat of their education.Originally from Lynn, MA, I currently reside in Bloomington, IN. I am married with three children and in my free time, I enjoy exercising, playing guitar, evolving my nutrition as a mostly whole foods / plant-based convert (with veggie/fruit juicing), and spending quality time with those around me. I am actively involved in philanthropy, as well as volunteering on campus with the Center for Veteran and Military Services and the Kelley Institute for Social Impact.