>> Came to Rollins with a path in mind, my path was fixed to politics as my undergraduate major
and had no change of hesitancy in the fact that I wanted to be a lawyer and I wanted
to practice law, and so politics was just a great foundation
for that not necessarily the subject matter, but because of the writing that goes
into that major, as well as just the, you just need to have a lot of analysis,
strategic thought and so all those things for me I needed to work on and so felt
that was the right major for me and I finished at Rollins and then went onto the University
of Florida for law school and for me law school, the classes that I was attracted
to were definitely transactions, transactions tax, estate and gift taxes, state and trust
and so I wanted to be a transactions attorney and I went and practiced for three years
as a transaction attorney in town.
When the market changed in 2008, transactions came to a halt for lack of a better word
and I then needed to transition into litigation.
I was also on the Alumni Board of Directors at the college,
I had to speak at an opening ceremony and really through that interaction part of the opportunity
at the college and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be transitioning out of law
to consider a position in fundraising, but it gave me the opportunity to be excited
and follow a passion which is really helping people realize their dreams
which to an extent you felt you were helping people in private practice,
but there was just a level of happiness and excitement that came with this and an energy
that came with what we do that really keeps me going.