Nancy Flanagan moved to Sarasota in 1999 from Los Altos, California. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education is from The Ohio State University and a Master of Science degree in Instructional Media from Eastern Illinois University. Her first career was as a teacher in the Chicago suburbs. Following a shift in focus to corporate training in the high tech industry in the Silicon Valley, Nancy worked for tech leaders Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics, Inc before starting her own management and team development consulting practice in 1995. In that capacity she designed, developed, and facilitated executive, management, and team development training programs for global companies. Her clients included Cisco Systems, Google, Network Consultants Inc, Hewlett-Packard, Novell, SGI, E-Trade, and Netscape. Nancy is a former Board Chair of non-profits Alliance for Community Care and Avenues to Mental Health in San Jose, California, and the Child Protection Center and the Pastoral Advisory Council of the Church of St. Patrick in Sarasota. Nancy is currently a weekly volunteer for Meals on Wheels Sarasota in addition to being a lector and council member at the Church of St. Patrick. She started following WBTT in 2004 after seeing a production at the Sarasota Art Center. From there, she was hooked!