I owned and operated a successful, high-volume, real estate brokerage that grew to seventy sales associates over twenty years with offices in Cambridge and Boston Massachusetts. As the owner and manager, I was responsible for all aspects of business operations and decision-making, the most important being maintaining a positive, safe, and vibrant company culture. I was hands-on in recruiting and coaching sales associates and staff. In 2013 I was inspired by my late wife’s six-year challenge with cancer to take charge of my health and change to a plant-based, vegan lifestyle. I met my partner, Bonnie Brown, and Co-founded New Earth Partners. Together we committed to supporting people and companies focused on healthy plant-based foods, reducing factory farming, and improving the environment.I am now a lifestyle coach licensed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) as a Food For Life Instructor sharing scientifically proven, nutritionally sound, and completely plant-based class offerings. I am a graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Plant-Based Nutrition Program and Certified as a Rouxbe Plant-Based Professional.Before real estate, I was involved in many small business ventures and developed considerable experience in marketing, advertising, contracts, and business writing. Originally, I went to Boston to study music at the Boston Conservatory of Music where I supported myself as a bartender, later to become the Director of the New England Bartender’s School. This led to restaurant and wine sales consulting and eventually into a Boston restaurant partnership.Bonnie and I share our lives with two rescue cats, Lilley and Carrie, and love living on Lemon Bay close to Manasota Beach in Sarasota County on Florida’s Gulf Coast.