Nancy Kent:  

BRIEF CHRONOLOGY: After two years at CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (57-59), our family moved to Johnson County. I finished the last two years at SHAWNEE MISSION EAST HIGH SCHOOL (59-61). After graduation, I attended UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS for two years as a music major, dropped out, worked for two years, went back to school at UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI -KANSAS CITY, worked while attending classes, finally got degreed (in Sociology) in December 1973, went to grad school at UMKC for 3 semesters, then UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - BOULDER for 2 semesters. Left Boulder, went to New York, stayed for 12 years working at 1) ESTEE LAUDER, 2) CITICORP, and 3) EMPIRE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. My mother got sick in 1988, so I came home to help take care of her. KC employers wouldn't even look at me with my NY resume, so I became self-employed. BEST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Co-authored (with Florine Jackson) a paper accepted for presentation at the International Sociological Society in Toronto 1974: "The Real Estate Broker and Residential Segregation". MOST UNUSUAL JOB: Teaching ballroom dancing for ARTHUR MURRAY. MOST FUN JOB: Working the concession stand at the ROCKHILL ART THEATRE while attending UMKC. MOST GLAMOROUS JOB: Definitely ESTEE LAUDER. My first management job, my first New York job, my first job with a private office, a title (National Consumer Relations Manager), and a secretary. I felt like Melanie Griffith in the final scene of "Working Girl" in my tiny office on the 30th floor of the General Motors Building looking out on the 59th Street Bridge. WORST JOB: Worst people I ever met: CITICORP -- and they obviously haven't changed! Inside joke from 1980: Citicorp CEO wanted to hire a new CPA firm for the bank. CEO calls in heads of all the top accounting firms and interviews each privately. After talking with several of them, he emerges from his office shaking hands ...Expand for more