With 40 years of experience as a mother raising a daughter with special needs, she’s become a forceful advocate. After a 45-year career leading corporate communications, she now is pursuing her passion to make life better for those touched by intellectual and developmental disabilities. Long involved in her community, she’s currently on the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Ohio. She and her husband are parents of four adult children. All of them live in Greater Cleveland. Shine On is her first book.