Rebecca Wilfinger:  

Hung out with theater, music, and art kids in HS. Married my HS sweetheart (too young) and divorced 11 years later with the friendliest divorce ever (we're still close friends) and the loveliest kid (now grown-up and my best friend). Attended six colleges (including SCSC) on the way to an Associates, two Bachelor's, and (embarrassingly) obtained most of my Master's but never got around to finishing. In approximate chronological order, I have worked professionally as: a teacher; secretary; writer; counselor; voice-over artist (singer) for radio/TV; (approx.) ninth woman to be a Press Secretary in the U.S. Senate; directed public relations and marketing for many national health care and veteran organizations; was the COO for a multi-million $ land development/property mgmt. firm (when that was a lot of money), but I hated for-profit and quit to go back to making the world a better place in the non-profit world; and finally started my own firm that represented some pharmaceutical firms (I had to because I needed to pay my mortgage) and many of the largest NGOs in U.S. health care (I wanted to, and never charged a penny more than it took to keep me alive), including the nations of Great Britain and Canada, as well as a couple of U.S. states and Canadian Provinces. It has been fun, challenging, and frightening every step of the way. Almost 40 yrs ago I married my English Lit teacher husband, Bob, the best , most honest, and most loving man in the world. No one could ask for a better man to love. Now I have a couple of very rare diseases (among the 11 autoimmune diseases that have been plaguing me for many years); thank goodness for all my friends in health care who have quite literally saved my life -- especially the friends at Johns ...Expand for more