Chief Executive Officer – Partnering with individuals, providers and regional centers on a variety of projects. Developing an exceptional team committed to advocacy and empowerment of others, to live the meaningful lives they want and choose, in the evolution of the Developmental Disability Services System. Setting strategic goals, developing plans to achieve them, overseeing day to day operations and making decisions. I love working to achieve our Mission and leading by example.

Experience – I started out working as a paraprofessional for two different school districts. I then advanced to become a service coordinator for a local regional center, where I was then promoted to Resource Developer/Quality Assurance Specialist. While in this role, I developed programs for individuals moving out of Lanterman Developmental Center and helping/monitoring them during this transition. After 9 years at the regional center, I decided to transition in a different direction, as I felt a calling to obtain experience working for provider organizations. In this chapter of my career, I was the Project Director overseeing the design team in their development of new programs and refurbishment of existing programs. After a few years as Project Director, I progressed to be the Director of Quality Assurance for another provider, overseeing all California and Nevada programs. From there, I proceeded to become the Director of Community Services for a Southern California regional center. With all of this experience, and big dreams for this industry, I made the decision to start Thrive Consultant Group to provide the very best supports to individuals and families, service providers and regional centers. I feel so fortunate to have created Thrive Consultant Group, as well as having built an amazing team who are knowledgeable in a vast variety of different areas/specialties and with phenomenal experience in the field to better support you in your journey to thrive!

Personal Interests & Hobbies – Traveling, playing cards, spending time with family (Particularly my husband and two sons), and swimming!

My favorite part about building and working for Thrive Consultant Group is working with an incredible group of people dedicated to helping others Thrive, as we believe strongly in “nothing about us, without us.” I appreciate building meaningful connections with others to enhance their programs, being creative, thinking outside of the box, and making impactful changes in our world!