As owner of Bliss Communications, Mimi works with high-profile organizations and professionals for whom an outstanding public image is essential for success. An experienced TV reporter and corporate spokesperson, she helps clients maximize positive exposure in the news media, enhance their presentation and networking skills, and manage their reputations in a crisis. Since she founded Bliss Communications in 1997, Business Nashville magazine has twice named Mimi to "40 Under 40"-Nashville's forty most influential professionals under age forty-and the Tennessean newspaper named her to its "40 Under 40" list for community service.

Mimi's past experience includes working for more than ten years as an on-camera reporter for ABC-TV and NBC-TV affiliates in Tennessee and North Carolina. Mimi has also worked as a freelance field producer for the Today Show and NBC Nightly News.

Prior to founding Bliss Communications, Mimi was director of corporate communications for Shoney's, Inc., where she served as company spokesperson in crisis situations for the $1 billion publicly-owned restaurant company. In another previous position, Mimi managed media relations for Saint Thomas Hospital.

As a volunteer, Mimi serves on the board of directors of Children's House, a Montessori pre-school and kindergarten in Nashville. She is a graduate of Leadership Nashville; past board president of Oasis Center; and past board member of Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, CABLE, Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley, PENCIL Foundation and Tennessee Society of Association Executives.

Mimi earned a degree in public policy from Duke University.