This summer 2006 I earned a Masters degree from the University of Portland in Business Administration.  I love learning and have spent a great deal of my life in a library or lab studying.  Today I am in the process of building an international non-profit organization that helps people express ecological sustainability issues through the arts.  Before entering The University of Portland I was a financial advisor for 5 years, as a financial advisor I worked in a team that was anchored by a financial analyst, whom I mentored under.  Before this, I studied molecular biology and conducted genetic research in a developmental biology lab at the University of Oregon.  My writing and art work is an outlet and an inspiration to me.  I have used art to heal emotional and spiritual wounds that have been hurting me since I was a young girl.  In the past, my voice has been silenced, so I appreciate the freedom to speak.

EDUCATION
2004-2006 University of Portland, MBA: Concentration in Entrepreneurship & Finance
1992-1997 University of Oregon, BA: Double major Biology & Psychology, minor Chemistry

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2005-2006 William McGowan Scholars Award
2004-2005 Pamplin Graduate Scholarship
1996 Howard Hughes Medical Research grant recipient
1996 NSF Research in Evolutionary Biology training grant recipient
1995-1997 Dean Scholar

LICENSES & CERTIFICATES
Series 7, Series 66, Series 31, Life & Health insurance licenses in OR & WA

PUBLICATION
Meckler, Mark; Feldman, Howard; Snead, Michele. “Moses at the Red Sea.” Crafting and Executing
Strategy, 15th Edition. Thompson-Strickland-Gamble, 2007.

I have spent a lot of my time involved in volunteer work, it has increased the value of my life.