Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications and Political Science from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1985; law degree from The University of Akron School of Law in 1989.

Member of the Akron, Ohio and American Bar Associations.

Certified family and divorce mediator.

Serves as Area II Director of The Association of Junior Leagues International and on the Nominating Committee. Past President of The Junior League of Akron.

Born in Akron, Ohio where she currently resides with her husband and son.