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You have had many roles in your career (Administrative Assistant, Controller, CFO and GM). What are the skills that you feel contributed to your success? Patience is the first thing that comes to my mind and others have told me I’m a good listener. My ability to be open-minded and see the big picture helped me in my roles here, especially as CFO and GM. I like to see how all the different parts work together, to create a cohesive whole. Those things helped me throughout my career and as far back as my undergraduate work at the University of Redlands. From the beginning, I wanted to know how the Club worked. I wanted to know everything there was to know about this place and what it does. My mentors were Carla Doarn and Nora Hannah, the first General Manager at Forest Highlands. Nora was my inspiration to become GM at some point. It was her interactions with the members, the staff and how she dealt with everything that was inspiring. What kinds of things did you take away from the addition of the Meadow development to Forest Highlands? When the membership purchased the Meadow and built the clubhouse, golf course and amenities, it was a major construction project, but I received a lot of help throughout. The chance to work with all the contractors, the DMB staff, all the people involved in the project, it was all interesting to me and a great education. My dad had been a plumber and general contractor so I grew up around seeing plans and visiting job sites. Having the chance to work with Bill Strauss as head of utilities, his department, the wastewater treatment, the roads, common areas, it was very helpful. As Controller,it was myresponsibilityto ensure the communications network,phone, internet, data network and computers connected with the other clubhouse. It was a lot of technical information. It added all that to my experience and helped round out my knowledge of the community.
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