Since 1968 she has led her company in retail sales of both HUD code and modular homes and the development and management of communities providing over 600 home sites in Maine and New Hampshire. As president of Burlington Homes, a HUD code manufacturer, she is the only woman to be the active leader simultaneously in all three divisions (retail, community and manufacturing) of the industry. She is a founding member of the Maine Manufactured Housing Association and a board member of the Manufactured Association for Regulatory Reform.