I have over two decades of experience in private and corporate law, human resources management, behavioral healthcare and business process reengineering. My education includes a degree in English, coursework in education, technical writing, proofreading, indexing peer review and indexing training with Kari Kells of Index West.  In addition to my business experience, I am an avid reader and passionate student of a variety of subjects, especially those listed below. 

My career and educational experiences required the ability to recognize and understand prominent and underlying issues accurately, communicate effectively, work with extremely detailed information and do so under the pressure of precise deadlines, all of which are required in the production of a well-crafted index. 

 My work has resulted in comments such as: 

• "Excellent work."
• "Another great index."
• "Thank you for your hard work. The index looks great and your proofing catches are unbelievable."
• "Well organized and easy to navigate."
• "Well done!"
• "Quite possibly the easiest and most beautiful index I have received."

I am also a member of the American Society for Indexing and three of its special interest groups, History/Archaeology Special Interest Group,  Culinary Indexing Special Interest Group, and the Scholarly Indexing Special Interest Group, as well as the South Central Chapter of the American Society for Indexing.

Areas of competence include:

• business
• culinary arts 
• cultural studies
• education
• genealogy
• history
• human resources management
• interior design
• literature
• needlework
• nutrition and diet
• parenting
• religion
• self-improvement
• travel
• women's studies