I’m not going to give you my resume. It’s on LinkedIn if you really want to find it. I will tell you I work too hard, don’t exercise enough and wish I could spend more time with my family than life allows. I'm passionate about cooking, writing and researching things I want to learn more about.

I love to entertain and can spin a wicked presentation to a crowd of 1,000 as easily as I can put a masterful five-course dinner on the table for a party of eight…and neither give me butterflies in my belly. I like antiques, fine wine and read a cookbook like most people read a New York Times bestseller.

But what I really love is honesty. Gut-wrenching, look yourself in the mirror honesty. Being real is hard and takes a degree of courage most people don’t seem to have to constitution for these days. I respect the hell out of people who push themselves to do more, learn more, be more.

Life is about challenging yourself to experience the unexpected, to grow in ways you never thought possible and to always inspire others by your words, behaviors and actions. And I think those who do have an outrageously wonderful life awaiting them!