I've dedicated my career to helping people find their way forward.
Piton Strategies is built on one belief: the right support at the right moment changes everything.
It started with a question I couldn't stop asking.
I grew up on the edge of a dairy farm north of Boston, climbing rocks, building forts and wondering why some people feel called to what they do while others spend their whole lives searching. That question never left me.
It followed me through an MA in Art History, where I studied how people create in times of crisis. Through audio tours at the Met, MoMA, and the Guggenheim, where I learned how to explain a complex idea to any audience without losing what made it worth explaining. Through my MBA in the UK where a global cohort of sharp, driven people taught me how much context shapes strategy.
Back in New York, I joined Citigroup, working on new product development and managing two Management Associate training programs. I saw quickly that my next step needed to be education-focused. I joined Georgetown as an Assistant Dean at the business school, leading career management and alumni programs to help MBA students find their path, tell their story, and land where they were meant to be.
Then a weekend trip brought me to West Virginia, where I fell in love with the state and have been ever since.
Six years. $1.2 million. Hundreds of entrepreneurs helped.
As Director of WVU's LaunchLab, I worked with veterans, students, researchers, inventors, and community members who had an idea and the will to build it. We helped them test concepts, create prototypes, tell their stories, and launch. Along the way, we helped them secure $1.2 million in funding.
It wasn't always conventional. We produced an album of local music. We hosted a beer tasting at the State Capitol. Whatever it took to support people who wanted to work hard and build something worth building.
In the spring of 2026, I retired from WVU. Instead of stepping back, I stepped forward.
Why Piton?
A piton is a metal pin hammered into rock giving climbers a fixed point to attach their rope and move upward. It was used to train soldiers heading into WWII in the art of mountaineering.
It doesn't climb the mountain for you. It makes the climb faster, safer, and more likely to succeed.
That's what this is. I'm not here to do the work for you. I'm here to give you the support you need to keep moving.
