Barbara assists Kate by helping to ensure client needs are met in a timely and thorough manner. She has degrees in Graphic Design, Marketing Communication and Business Management. Barbara’s work history includes marketing and advertising in a wide range of industries.
In 2014, she retired from Toyota Motor Sales, Inc. after working at their corporate headquarters for 24 years. While working for Toyota her positions included Product Education & Development, Brand Initiatives as well as Design & Graphics supporting both Toyota and Lexus dealer organizations. She assisted in identifying corporate training partnerships to develop and launch national training materials, ride-and-drive events for regional and dealership sales associates, executing executive company-wide programs, the development of an on-line product training website, as well as PR for Toyota Motorsports. She managed project budgets ranging from $2-21M.
Formerly, Barbara has held volunteer positions as VP with the Orange County Business Group chapter of the City of Hope, mentored management trainees within Toyota & Lexus corporate divisions, and is a trained Stephen Ministry consultant.
Being a California native, she currently resides in Huntington Beach with her husband of 19 years and is an active participant in her church.