A native of the Chicago area and a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Barb is a psychologist and professor of psychology now living in Empire. 
Halfway through her 30 years of practice as a psychologist Barb had the opportunity to teach the subject at the graduate level. She became a Dean at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and continues to teach, now at the master's level on line from Empire.

Living in this area has been a dream of Barb's ever since she spent time at her grandparents' place on the north side of Glen Lake. She sees Rotary and its motto of Service Above Self as meshing with her own sense of calling.