Served for four years as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy aboard the USS Constellation. She was deployed in the Persian Gulf.
Began her entertainment industry career working for George Clooney and Steven Soderbegh's production company Section 8 where she worked on the HBO comedies K Street and Unscripted.
Graduated from Duke University.
She has worked at HBO since 2004 and has been HBO's Comedy Chief since 2016 serving as Executive VP of Programming.
Comes from a military family. Her father was a fighter pilot and her brother went to the US Naval Academy.