Meet the Gals behind Design-her Gals.!!!!!

Q. Background? Skills?
Does "Power Shopping" count? I've got an eye for fashion and my closet is bigger than my bedroom! But for resume purposes, for 15 years I was president of a successful resort management company renowned for its quality customer service. I know what women deserve and I like to deliver that.

Q. Your "dream" Design-her Gal accessories?
My dream accessory is a titanium credit card with revolving credit and automatic payments!
Ah, but in my day-to-day world, let's go with an apron and whisk -- because I like to "whip up things" for my husband and son.

Q. Why the Gal to Gal Foundation?
Last year I walked for cancer with a group called "The Bionic Babes," not only to honor my late cousin Robin, but also to support our friend Janis, who was then in remission and walked with us.

Shortly afterwards, Janis was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. We soon learned how scarce funds are for those in this critical stage, when health insurance benefits may be reduced or cancelled - and hospice care is hard to find. We want all Stage 4 patients to make the journey to their next destination with as much style and grace as they've shown traveling through this one.
Read more about the Gal to Gal Foundation here.

Q. Your wish for this site?
As corny as this sounds, I truly hope that women will view Design-her Gals as both a fun place for expressing creativity and a "community." We're planning to have message boards where women can talk about the things that fill their busy lives and share what's important to them. We'll be there, too!

Q. Background? Skills?
Stationery design and production. Card-maker since childhood. Marketing. Small, neat handwriting. (I can fit more on a note card than most people can on a sheet of letterhead!)

Q. Your "dream" Design-her Gal accessories?
I'm most attached to my cats. But since Design-her Gals can't have pets yet, how about a suitcase and passport -- which I'll need when I move one day to a Caribbean island. Hmmm...is a cable modem an "accessory?"

Q. Tell us about the Design-her Gals you left on the cutting room floor.
Well, we definitely scrapped some hairstyles that made us wonder what we were thinking when we thought them up. We decided that even if there are women out there wearing their hair that way, their Design-her Gals shouldn't!

Q. Your wish for this site?
I hope people have fun showing off their personality(ies).

Q. Anything else you want to say?
No, thanks. I'm pretty shy.

Q. Background? Skills?
I am proud to have contributed illustrations and graphic design into practically
every facet of the designing world. Above all, I am the Vector Queen!

Q. Your "dream" Design-her Gal accessories?
An mp3 player and a unique, ultra-cute Italian leather purse is yummy
to my tummy.

Q. Why the Gal to Gal Foundation?
Cancer runs in my family and several people on my mother's side have been afflicted by it. I think cancer's roots have a hold on everybody's lives in some tendril or another.

Q. Anything else you want to say?
This is quite possibly the most fun I've ever had in designing. I can't wait for everyone else to discover her inner Design-her Gal.