Head of Career Services at Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy, and occasional professor of Marketing at Pepperdine's business school, I have a motley past as a food writer and a Fortune 500 senior executive in marketing and strategic planning. Before that, I was a civil servant and a war games analyst. I'm passionate about food, dogs, sailing - and the wonderfully bright students and alumni of Malibu's Pepperdine University.