WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION AND FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

I am currently the executive director of Twirl Play and Discovery Space and one of its founding members, so I’ve been with the organization for 14 years, also the age of my oldest daughter. I started out as a consultant, helping develop the business plan when Twirl launched as a for-profit toy store and play space, before becoming the marketing and playspace manager. In 2014, Twirl became a 501(c)3 play-based learning nonprofit to reflect its expanded mission and I became the executive director.

I fell in love with a man and the mountains!

I met my husband, Jake Caldwell, in Chamonix, France, where I had moved from England at the tender age of 37 to become a ski bum. Prior to that, I had skied a total of 20 days in my life, period. The first time I put on a pair of skis, I was 34 years old and I was completely smitten. I knew I wouldn’t be able to ski much if I remained in the UK, so I moved to France, leaving a lucrative career in advertising behind me, and never looked back. I never imagined I’d end up in a small quirky ski town in North America.

Prior to Chamonix, I worked in London in a global advertising agency for 10 years. I also worked in Hong Kong for two years as communications manager for a regional sports federation and in a Manchester marketing firm for four years after leaving college.

In 2005, I moved to Taos, got married and had my first daughter, Anabelle, in 2006. Shortly after, Jake introduced me to Molly Mcmullin, Twirl’s original operations director, who was looking for someone with marketing experience to help launch Twirl.