Kiki became a certified associate at the Adizes Institute in Santa Monica, CA, in 1985, where she was part of a strategic planning team to restructure the Bank of America credit card division. As an Adizes Associate, she learned the proprietary process employed to help businesses retain their entrepreneurial capabilities and grow profitable, purpose-driven companies. She launched the Miami division of the Adizes Institute, focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. After a successful launch, she and another Adizes Associate opened Corporate Transitions, Inc., using the Adizes principles. Their first client was the Isla Oil refinery in Curacao, NA, as it transitioned from ownership of Royal Dutch Shell to Petroleos de Venezuela, SA. In addition, she developed clients in Miami, FL, Albany, NY, Toronto, Canada, Carmel, IN, St Louis, MO, Caracas, Venezuela, New York, NY, and Hookset, NH. She also started and/or bought and sold 3 companies to the next generation of business owners. 

Her specialty is using purpose-driven decision-making teams to solve problems and create solutions previously thought to be unattainable. Her mantra is that most solutions already exist, are usually simple but not easy to find. This is where a proven process for both problem-solving and solution implementation, with the right people using the right process, produces the optimal solution. 

She was the executive director of a VT non-profit, guidance director of a VT union high school, taught graduate-level business classes at St Michael’s College, Winooski VT, the College of St Joseph, Rutland, VT, and the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. She was on staff at the VT Family Business Initiative at the University of Vermont. Kiki received an MA from Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX, and a BA cum laude from Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. She also attended professional development classes at Harvard and UVM

Currently, her focus is on real estate sales, business brokerage, and business consulting. As a team member of CFA, Kiki works with clients who are interested in selling or merging and/or need assistance with their financial or operational issues. Her expertise, combined with her results-producing relationship-based approach, optimizes partnerships, family-owned and women-owned businesses ranging from $2-$6m.