Bachelor, Purdue University.
Deputy press secretary to Vice president Walter F. Mondale, 1980, 84. Regional director public relations Bloomingdales Department Stores, 1982—1986, operations vice president, 1986—1989, vice president public relations, 1989—1993. Deputy assistant to President, social secretary The White House, Washington, 1993-1997.
Vice president institutional affairs The Kennedy Center, 1997—2010. Assistant secretary for educational & cultural affairs United States Department State, since 2010.
Assistant secretary Kennedy Center Board Trustees. Board directors Young Concert Artists, Cultural Alliance Greater Washington, United Artists. Member Capital Children's Museum (co-founder), The Women's Forum, New York Fashion Group (former program chairman), Washington Woman Roundtable (founder), "Race for the Cure" (co-founder).
Married Stuart C. Stock.