- Most original hobo in elementary school
- Won Peterman Penmanship Award in 6th grade
- Voted girl most likely to marry a millionaire in high school
- Won numerous art show awards
- Did make-up for stage productions in high school and college
- Stage manager college productions
- Hated school. cut high so much almost didn't graduate
- Finished 4 yrs of college in 2 1/2 yrs going summers and nights
- Graduate of Philadelphia College of Textile and Science
- Was schooled in family business when at seven I started doing bank deposits for father's drugstore
- First job worked at Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance as mathematician in loan department earning $70/week
- Two days after graduating college started work in men's store developing creating inventory systems and installing bookkeeping systems
- Organized and coordinated fashion shows for women's groups, churches and hospitals
- Organized and executed development of modeling school in Germantown
- Lingerie buyer for Gimbels (Philadelphia and surrounding stores,10 total)
- Started career in advertising finances at Grant Marketing in 1978 when a moving neighbor offered me her bookkeeping business
- Owned and operated several kosher bakeries both wholesale and retail with clients like Bloomingdales and Genuardi's
- Ran construction company overseeing 25 men - that's when I learned not to take anything from anyone
- That job positioned me to start my own successful management business in 1985 until 1994 when then client Jeff Cramp had the foresight to offer me a full time position with the rapidly growing Cramp+Associates