She is a retired attorney whose legal career focused primarily on housing, community development and energy conservation policies through her service with the U.S. House of Representatives and the Federal Housing Finance Board. She started dancing as soon as she found her balance for the first time, swirling in front of her parents to the Waltz of the Flowers. She performed regularly with the Sacred Dancers of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington for 30 years and now dances with Jane Franklin’s 40+ and with Helping Hearts for the Arts. Knowing how dance can inspire dancers and their audiences to experience tenderness, sorrow, anger, elation and humor in ways that go beyond words, she is excited to join the board of JFD to help a much wider audience experience the magic that Jane, her dancers and her musical collaborators create.