With over two decades in the Southern California transportation market, it's hard to believe that I came to the industry by chance. A "temp" assignment after college brought me to transportation, my belief in the importance of a well-connected transportation network for a strong community led me to stay. I built a career from connecting the dots between people, policy, and projects, cultivating a network of local, state, and federal elected leaders, agency executives, project stakeholders, transportation practitioners, and advocates across the nation. Having held leadership positions in private sector, public sector and non-profit organizations, I seem to have an uncanny ability to synthesize complex information into easily-understood terms, and translate "asks" into action. My strengths include public speaking, strategy, relationship building, policy analysis, and marketing and branding professional services. I founded Connected Consulting to enable my clients to tap into my experience, expertise and energy with the goal of uniting people and ideas with pathways to success.