Barbara Healy:  

Hi All, I live in a small town in south central Connecticut with my husband Jack. We came here via Washington State (8 years just outside of Seattle) and San Francisco and Marin County, CA (13 years) where our two sons were born. Ryan is 24 and Daniel is 22. Ryan has started an Internet business for Gen Yers (millenials - many of our kids) and hired Dan when he graduated college in June as his 8th employee! They live in Madison, WI and Jack and I will visit over Labor day. I went back to school to complete my master's in the mid 90's in Seattle and ran a large non-profit that helped at risk kids in their school sites. I started it up in Wa. by putting together the Board of senior executives from companies like Boeing and Costco, along with all of the school superintendents and various agencies. I left that and began consulting (organization development) and worked for a small company in New Haven before my present job. I work for a regional bank - People's United and lead their Learning and Development which means I do the corporate wide management and leadership development, succession planning with the executives, executive coaching and am in charge of performance mgmt for the org. I ...Expand for more