Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler were my employers for 36 years as I worked in IT, managed a few teams, and conducted focus groups for change management. I retired in April 2020…right before Covid struck and two weeks after an ITMI Master Class in Washington DC. I had student tours scheduled for March – June and they all were canceled. I was grateful that I had been able to do one student tour in Chicago the previous Fall.
My parents took me on trips throughout the United States starting when I was 8 years old, so that’s where my love of travel began. However, my greatest joy is showing others the wonderful places, people, and things that I have experienced. A few years ago, I was trying to plan my “second act” after retirement and as I was sitting on a motor coach during a Collette tour of the west coast, it suddenly hit me that I would LOVE to do what the tour director was doing. That was that, and I took the ITMI course in the Fall of 2019. The rest is history!
I am married and I have two grown sons, a daughter in law and one grand daughter. They all love to travel too!
