• Comes from Cape Hattaras, NC, on the Outer Banks. Family dates back to early 1700s when an ancestor shipwrecked off the coast. Another was the first lighthouse keeper.

• Once lived in Ibiza, an island off the coast of Spain as well as St. Moritz.

• Sailed across the Atlantic in a catamaran named the Ninja.

• Holds a Black Belt in Karate.

• Mother of a teenage son named Jake.

• Used to be in the restaurant business. Current favorite is Morimoto.

• Has subscriptions to American Ballet Theatre and Metropolitan Opera.

• Movie junkie, loves foreign films and popcorn. Favorite movie is "Splendor In The Grass".

• Avid reader. Reads everything: novels, magazines, The New York Times and sometimes The National Enquirer.

• Worked in public relations and events planning before becoming a recruiter.