Bio: I grew up in suburban Detroit Michigan. After graduating from Stevenson High School in Livonia, Michigan I traveled to europe to study comparritive goverments with the Forign Study League. I lived in the Chicago area for 15 years before settling in Kansas City 20 years ago. I graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BS degree in psychology and marketing. During my junior and senior year in college I worked at the Eastern Echo, the school newspaper as advertising manager. Since college I have held various sales and marketing management positions and in December 2004, I purchased a TouchPoll Market Research and Surveys distributorship from the parent company in Winter Park, Florida. I have been active in developing this business for tyhe last 7 years. Prior to that I was Vice President of New Business Development with Propeller Interactive LLC, an Overland Park based e-marketing solutions company. I am active with the Greater Kansas City Area Chamber of Commerce as a member of the Technology Roundtable Committee, the Kansas City Advertising Club AAF-KC, the Business Marketing Association and the Independent Computer Consultants Association and the American Royal Marketing Committee. I am also board member and marketing director of the TBA Players, a community theater company.