Building with intention since day one.

I have been building businesses since I was 20. With three partners — including my husband — I built 17 cell phone stores across the tri-state area. It was hands-on, fast-moving work that taught me everything about operations, people, and what it really takes to scale.

In 2007, I co-founded Merchant Industry, a payments company that would become Suede. Over the next 19 years, I served as Chief People and Administrative Officer, helping grow the company to nearly 320 employees across the United States and India. In 2025, we completed a private equity transaction — a milestone that marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next.

I also work closely with Vartanov Capital, a private lending firm, and serve as Co-Founder of Valor Paytech.

A Long Island native, I live in Old Westbury with my family: two sons and a daughter. Community has always been at the center of everything I do — from the boardroom to the school board.