a b o u t. 

A wife, a mother and a photographer, I grew up in Montgomery, Alabama but have called Charleston, South Carolina home for almost 20 years. I fell in love with photography while taking my first darkroom class during my study abroad in Tasmania, Australia. I would spend hours and hours in the darkroom (I still curse the digital age for taking that away!), and knew in some way, photography would always be a “hobby” of mine. 

After graduating from College of Charleston with a degree in Arts Management and a minor in Art History, I moved to Italy to nanny for an Italian family in Rome. My secret agenda: spend weekends off traveling and photographing as much as I could. From Italy to England for a bit, then back to Charleston, then Atlanta–I finally landed in NYC for what was supposed to be a brief "stint" in the city for an intensive summer study in Photography at Parsons School of Design. 

But as most do, I fell in love with the city and that stint turned into years. I spent my first several working in client relations for Soho based ad agency, Arnell Group (part of Omnicom Group), and was lucky enough to work under the most talented people on one of the strongest brands at the time: Reebok. From Jay-Z to Andy Roddick, Shakira and Venus Williams, our team collaborated alongside an incredible roster of athletes and entertainers. From scheduling shoots, to managing talent, creative direction and client relations–I was able to build a foundation in brand development and secretly nurture, when time allowed, my photography passion along the way.

I stuck with sports marketing for the next several years but moved over to the client side joining the NBA in their marketing partnerships department. Soon thereafter a new opportunity to head even further north came my way. I packed up and left the city for “the one.” And he just happened to be in Alaska.

Anchorage based for a few years, I was fortunate enough to join in agency life once again with the team at Bradley Reid + Associates, managing accounts for AT&T and The Denver Post.  After a few COLD winters we moved back to the south, back to Charleston. I spent my first few years working in special events and development for Historic Charleston Foundation, a preservation organization that I feel is truly responsible for keeping Charleston the architectural gem that it still is today.

Then came my most rewarding job to date. In 2009, I became a mother. At the same time I lost my own mother to a very short battle with pancreatic cancer. Among so many other things, she taught me most importantly that life is incredibly short and given the chance–do what you love, and do it with passion.

I am now a mother to three and am fortunate to get to spend my time focusing on the importance of legacy–personally and professionally. In 2020 I joined Family Asset Management, where alongside my partners, I lead a legacy division focusing on multigenerational family continuity, brand development and strategy.