Staff Member | Benefits Administrator

 

My Mom, Gram (no relation) and my BFF Harriet Greenfield.

Mom was a working mother before it became the norm. She always balanced the family’s life with her nursing career and taught me God and family come first. She always showed up no matter what I was doing – choir, plays, tennis and her least favorite, field hockey. Gram lived across the street and is the woman who taught me to be young irrespective of age and to just be myself. Gram was always curious and showed the importance of love in service to others. Harriet whom I have known for 50 years! She showed me there is no deadline in life to achieve your dreams, always is an optimist and encourager, brilliant and humble. She helped me in the early 1970s to establish a girls tennis team at my high school right after Title IX was passed so I wouldn’t have to continue playing on the boys team. It took two years but we got it done!

 

Why is Women’s History Month important to you?
Women build on the achievements of those who came before us and work building each other up. I learn something new every year about what women have accomplished and what they are now working on.