Before her son was born, Billie had a successful career as an engineer. She was an analyst at International Paper Company's world headquarters and spent 6 years on Wall Street at The Chase Manhattan Bank, first in the Operations Department, and later as a Second V.P. in the Controller's Department. She holds a BS from Columbia U. and an MS from Stanford.

In 1983 she started her own company, importing costume jewelry from Paris and Milan, which she visited twice yearly for the trade shows.

Her baby received a gift basket filled with Discovery Toys in 1994 and Billie noticed how fond he was of these particular toys. She joined the company shortly thereafter, and has been there ever since. Her love of travel (she's visited 31 countries on 5 continents) has been fed by the company's annual incentive trips, most recently to Rio de Janeiro.

Billie continues to pursue the wide variety of things that interest her from Art Deco, to the stock market, old movies, and opera, all while raising her child and working at a business she thoroughly enjoys.