Our Team

I believe that every trip is literally a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so I ensure that your vacations are enriching and unforgettable. Since I grew up in a highly mobile Navy family, I quickly realized travel is the only way we can find and understand our place in the world, to transform the exotic into the familiar. With a background in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University, I pair my love of travel with a detail-oriented and scientific approach to carefully design and coordinate once-in-a-lifetime adventures, honeymoons, and destination weddings. I (and the rest of our advisor team!) strive to be Houston's best travel agents. I was one of only five Virtuoso Rising Star Nominees in 2019, am a member of the Virtuoso Millennial Mindset Innovation Team and was recognized as one of Travel Agent Magazine’s 30 Under 30 advisors in 2018.

Having lived in Africa and the Middle East, I developed a global perspective and a genuine curiosity about the people and places that make each destination unique. I spent years working in private banking before finding my way into travel. I've combined that background in thoughtful, detail-oriented service with my passion for travel to design personalized journeys. From safaris and destination weddings to family vacations and luxury cruises, every detail is intentional and each trip becomes a memorable experience. I especially love helping clients plan those once-in-a-lifetime, bucket-list trips they've always dreamed of.

Born in Singapore and raised in a suburb of Houston, I developed a love for travel early thanks to my parents, who encouraged curiosity about the world. After graduating from The University of Alabama with a degree in Communications, I built my career in marketing and communications within the golf community, serving with both the South Carolina and Alabama Golf Associations. Today, I combine that background in storytelling and thoughtful planning with my passion for travel to design personalized journeys where every detail is intentional and each trip becomes a memorable experience.

I am Chief Financial Officer of River Oaks Travel. Before joining the company, I spent more than four decades in public accounting, including 28 years as a tax partner advising business owners, multigenerational families, and family offices.

That background is unusual in the travel industry. Combined with more than a decade actually operating a luxury travel company, it gives me a perspective on business structure, technology, risk, and long-term enterprise value that is rarely found within a travel agency.

Since joining River Oaks Travel in 2015, I have overseen its financial and administrative operations and worked closely with its leadership on strategy, technology, systems, and growth. Our objective is to combine exceptional luxury travel expertise and personal service with the structure, continuity, and accountability of a professionally managed company.

I am also involved in Rivossa, River Oaks Travel's elevated private-client designation for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and their trusted teams, helping ensure that the financial discipline, technology, risk management, and operating systems behind it support the privacy, consistency, and exceptional service these clients expect.