I'm an Emmy award-winning storyteller and journalist, who covered the White House, Capitol Hill, & the world as a correspondent for CBS News and 48 Hours. I bring my legal, political, & global public policy experience to my narration work. As an attorney, I focuse on strategic communications in high profile cases. As an industry association CEO, I bring political and business expertise having advocated for the transportation, new mobility, energy and telecommunications industries. I also brings production experience to audiobook narration having served as CEO of the Miss America Organization & was executive producer ... more on ABC & NBC primetime live specials. I have also hosted & produced a business podcast for intelligent transportation, new mobility, & tech. I have JD & BA Political Science degrees and am a graduate of the Executive Program at Harvard Business School. It's important to me to: *Understand & advocate for the art underpinning the audiobook industry: I'm a member & volunteer of APA, of SAG-AFTRA & have applied to PANA. I'm a graduate of Sean Pratt's non-fiction course & Joel Froomkin's Acting for Audio course. I've studied with Vikas Adam, Erin Bennett, Ronnie Butler, Hillary Huber, Carol Monda, Ronnie Butler & PJ Ochlan. am an APA member & volunteer, a SAG-AFTRA member & have applied to PANA. * Give back to the community & mentor: I'm Board Chair of Flapper House, an LA-based production company focused on GenZ voting, Board President of the University of Arkansas Alumni Association, board member of the Arkansas State Society & the D.C. Council of Vital Voices in Washington, D.C. *Continue to learn: Current classes: PJ Ochlan's Deyan/Masterclass, character development, literary fiction, long-form journalism & industry advocacy. *Appreciate our world: I believe in celebrating birthdays, music & dance - especially classical ballet - world travel, ocean and desert sunsets & frozen yogurt with chocolate chips or M&M's are essentials in life! My non-fiction narration focus: politics & public policy, elections & voting, law & courts, media, current affairs, long-form journalism, podcasting My fiction focus: legal & political thrillers, YA, strong female protagonists, literary fiction less