A Path to the Present

Education: New England College, B.A., marketing.

Stops along the way to Ross-Simons: She got her first taste of the catalog industry in 1990 at DM Management, whose properties include J.Jill, Nicole Summers and The Very Thing. As director of marketing, she learned more about the database and merge side of the business. In 1994 she was recruited by Johnny Appleseeds. It was then, as vice president of marketing, she says she fell in love with the catalog business.