Q. What do you love about your job?
A. I love getting to work with all of the different members of the associations that we manage. I also love studying and working with numbers.

Q. What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
A. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See.

Q. What is your favorite city?
A. My favorite city is Lutsen, Minnesota. I have been going up there with my family since I was born and got married up there — so it is a special place to me!

Q. What do you like to do when you are not working?
A. I like to spend time with my family, my husband, and my dog. I enjoy running, cooking, reading, and fishing.

Q. What is the best professional advice you ever received?
A. Never lower your own standards to fit the job or to match a working environment that doesn’t match up to them.

Q. What do you like to do when you are not working?
A. Biking, golfing, kayaking, and long walks with my beagle. I love music and reading. And of course, I love watching Downton Abbey! (And many other turn-of-the-century sagas).

Q. What is your favorite restaurant or food?
A. Probably Italian food and probably Mancini’s Char House and/or Cossetta’s in St. Paul, Minnesota. Again, it is hard to pick one.

Q. What is something most people don’t know about you?
A. I used to sing at weddings, funerals and hockey games.

Q. What do you love about working in the Finance Department?
A. Finance is much more than numbers — and I love the challenge of figuring things out, the variety of things I do and the people I work with.

Q. What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
A. The last book I read and highly recommend is My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

Q. What is your favorite city?
A. I haven’t traveled broadly, but I love Grand Marais and the entire northern part of Minnesota.

Q. What is something most people don’t know about you?
A. I have always loved writing, wrote many short stories as a kid and dreamed of being an author. I still hope it will happen someday.

Q. What do you love about Finance and Accounting?
A. Helping other departments when they have questions about Accounts Receivable or event registrations.

Q. What do you like to do when you are not working?
A. Anything hockey-related.

Q. What is the best professional advice you ever received?
A. Don’t go where the puck is, go where the puck is going to be.

Q. What is something most people don’t know about you?
A. I’ve never traveled outside the United States.

Q: What is your favorite city?
A: Edinburgh, Scotland. I went there in college and would love to go back.

Q: What is your favorite restaurant?
A: Café Latte. I love their chicken salsa chili.

Q: What is the last book you would recommend?
J.D. Robb the In Death series. There are 42 books in the series some a little more gruesome then others, but still a good read for those that like mysteries.

Q: What do you love about your job?
A: I love that it’s never the same thing twice. Each client has different aspects of what they need us to do, which keeps things interesting.

Q: What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
A: The Magnolia Story - I am a fan of Fixer Upper and it was interesting to learn how they started their business and expanded their brand.

Q: What do you like to do when you're not working?
A: I enjoy watching hockey, especially if my boys are playing. I also like to go for walks, garden and spend time with my family.

Q: What is something most people don't know about you?
I am the youngest of 7 and my husband has 8 siblings. It’s a good thing I love family because I have A LOT of them.

Q: What do you love about your job?
A: I love working with different organizations, helping them understand the financial side of their business. Hard to believe not everyone loves working with numbers!