Susan Gainen is Chief Whimsy Officer of her art enterprises (nanoscapes & other visions llc), and Chief Roadmap Guide for students and professionals carving out new career paths (Pass the Baton llc).

ART: Eight years of creating luminous watercolor geometric abstracts, astonishing digital images from original watercolors, and hundreds of whimsical creatures. Author of The Small Friends' Chronicles and Meet the LLLamas. Manager of the whimsical, mythical, and imaginary wildlife in Saint Paul MN, including its Lost Cave Paintings, Wild Parrots, Tiny Wild Hummingbirds, and The Pandas of the Hidden Bamboo Forest. Lectures/Workshops: Open your heart/close your wallet: Watercolor postcards for thrifty travelers; Watching Paint Dry Can Be Fun: a conversation about creativity.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT: A career path including car sales, auto finance & insurance, law practice, legal executive search, 17 years in law school career services, and consulting supports a national lecture practice and individual career management services. Lectures/workshops: Alternative Careers; 2nd Career Law Students; Professionalism Has Attached; Job Search Skills = Business Development Skills; Job Search Outside of OCI: The Forever Skill; I'm a 3L. Now What? Creating Your Roadmap.