I’ve served in a variety of roles during my career, including group managing partner, office managing partner of our largest office, and practice unit manager of our governmental practice. All of this experience helped prepare me for my most recent role of firm overall managing partner — a role I was honored to serve in for eight years until my final term expired.
As managing partner, I was entrusted with guiding the client service, growth, talent development, risk management, and strategic direction of the firm and its staff. In my current role, I'm still supporting the firm's growth, working with contacts in the community, helping with future merger opportunities, partner/staff mentoring, and expanding our international capabilities. I'm involved in our diversity initiatives, including our Women in Leadership initiative and our female mentoring program. I'm also chair of the Praxity alliance, which helps serve our clients’ international needs.
Leadership succession is a topic close to my heart — and one that’s contributed to the firm's success over the years. Together with Managing Partner Emeritus Bill Hermann, we wrote a book on the subject. (It's called Succession Transition: A Roadmap for Seamless Transitions in Leadership, if you want to check it out.) In addition, I teach a workshop around the country on Leading Positive Change as firms and companies grapple with the unprecedented level and pace of change we all face.
I'm active in the Michigan Association of CPAs, New Detroit, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way of Southeast Michigan. I earned my B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
