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.   I have been profoundly influenced by Ayn Rand, L. Tolstoy, Theroux, my children, Picasso and a handful of professors at various universities. My favorite places are Seattle, New York City and Costa Rica.  Musical influences include Rush, Aimee Mann, Natalie Merchant, David Bowie, and the Ramones.  My favorite movie is Fight Club.  

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.