Professional Profile: Gisela Medek - 2012

Name: Gisela Medek - 2012

Title: General Manager

Company: Barkan Compliance Solutions

Location: 77 Main St., Hopkinton, MA

Birthplace: Osterode, Germany

Family: Husband, Peter; daughter, Lisa; grandsons, Tyler, Dan and Ian College: BA from Reed College, Portland, Oregon First job unrelated to your current field: Educational publishing First job in current field: Subsidized housing manager What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Provides support for compliance, training and staffing for assisted housing properties, seeking to expand to providing services to housing authorities. Hobbies: Gardening, watching movies, making books and cards for family and friends Favorite novel: Currently, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon Favorite film: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Keys to success: "Fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours" - Swedish proverb Person you admire most (outside of family): Hillary Clinton If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Book editor