Barnard College, B.A.
Simmons Graduate School of Management, MBA
Course work at Columbia University in the restoration of historic architecture
Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Director of Real Estate and Planning, New York City Street Seaport Museum
First woman to serve as Parks Commissioner for the City of Boston
Co-Founder, Emerald Necklace Conservancy – maintaining Boston-area park system known as the Emerald Necklace
Led restoration of Frog Pond skating rink of Boston Common and Frederick Law Olmstead’s Emerald Necklace
Developed 100-acre Millennium Park in West Roxbury
Organized the dredging and restoration of the Muddy River on the Boston-Brookline Boarder
Responsible for the planting of 7,500 trees along city streets in and around Boston