Member

Professional Activities

• Admitted, Missouri 1998
• Board Member, Women in Cable Telecommunications Midwest Chapter
• Fellow, Betsy Magness Leadership Institute Class XV
• Board Member, Court Appointed Special Advocates Jersey County Illinois Chapter
• Board Member, Meridian Society
• Member, Erce, LLC, a company formed to develop training curriculum and programs for executive development

Publications and Presentations

• "A Primer on Cable Advertising Law" Charter Communications Enterprise Marketing Team, April 2002,
• "Cable Advertising Law Annual Update" Charter Communications Enterprise Marketing Team, April 2003-2008
• "Free Advice- Understanding the FTC Guide on Use of Free in Advertising" Charter Communications Enterprise Marketing Team, October 2005
• "Puffery - When is a Statement a Claim?" Charter Communications Enterprise Marketing Team, October 2006
• Case Study Facilitator - "A Blogger in their Midst" Women in Cable Telecommunications, August 2007
• Featured Speaker - "Win-Win Negotiations" SIUE Women's Philanthropy and Leadership Workshop, April 2008
• Speaker - "The Power of the Network" Connections to Success Women's Conference, May 2008

Education

• LL.M. in Taxation, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 1999
• Juris Doctor, Washburn University School of Law, May 1998
• Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and Business Marketing, with honors, Southern Illinois University, 1995

Previous Experience

• Charter Communications, Inc. 1999-2008
  - Vice President & Senior Counsel (2004-2008); Director & Counsel  
    (2003-2004); Manager & Counsel (1999-2003)
  - Provided legal support on various business and transactional
    matters, including:
  • Acquisitions, sales and contributions of cable
    television assets in over 25 separate transactions
    valued in excess of $10 billion
  • Marketing and advertising compliance and promotions
  • Local government relations in connection with
    franchise negotiations and transfers
  • Operational matters such as negotiation of
    programming agreements, enterprise software
    applications, equipment procurement, technology
    agreements, real estate matters