Growing up in Wyoming with five older brothers gave me exposure to many outdoor activities, sports, music and academics. Besides the traditional activities, I participated in 4-H projects and county and state fairs. I even managed a little horseback riding, barrel racing and pole bending. You may have to be a little bit cowboy to understand!

Roger and I met at Brigham Young University and began our married life together at Oxford, where we dined, on occasion, with the Lords and Ladies. My personal favorites were Sir Kenneth and Lady Wheare.

Upon our return to the United States and Cambridge, I had a variety of experiences working in the retail and hotel industries and at the Harvard Biological Laboratories. While Roger was working at the White House during the Ford Administration, I stayed busy in the U.S. Senate. The hours were long, instructive, and fascinating. Our perspectives on various issues were often very different.

With our return from Washington came the birth of our first child and the beginning of an incredible, on-going journey. If life’s experience has taught me anything, it is the value of family. We look forward to getting to know each of you, our extended Dunster family, and in sharing the unique opportunities, experiences and cross-roads that the coming year will bring.