Barbara began her career in Chicago at Leo Burnett and DDB, creating fully integrated advertising campaigns for General Mills, Maybelline, Hallmark, General Motors, P&G, and Reebok. She has won many awards across a variety of consumer categories. Barbara launched campaigns for Levy Restaurants in Chicago including ongoing campaigns of support.
Barbara has been the keynote speaker of DTC Wine Symposium for 14 years. She created advertising campaigns using her extensive design experience for traditional and non-traditional wine packaging for many wine brands including Purple Wine Brands, Chateau Montelena, Groove Wines and SommSelect. Barbara and her husband work across multiple charities in the North Bay and nationally via their family foundation. Barbara has served on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club in Chicago, Rape Victim Advocates in Chicago and The Children’s Museum of Santa Rosa. They work with the Luther Burbank Center and have created the CARE program which sponsors arts education at Caritas Village and Anova Center for Education in Santa Rosa.