Born in Connecticut, Bonnie studied the couture in Paris, designing for such 20th Century icons as the Duchess of Windsor and famed opera singer Maria Callas. Upon her return to New York, she entered the art world to run the renowned NYC Bykert Gallery. Bonnie subsequently earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design after which she learned about historic architecture from the ground up by renovating her 19th Century house in Newport, RI. While living in Newport she created the Newport Office of Cultural Affairs and ran the R.I. State Council on the Arts. Moving back to NYC, Bonnie worked in the high-profile field of advertising for both William Esty and Chiat Day agencies, Art in America magazine and Steuben, Inc. In the early 1990s she followed her entrepreneurial instincts and built her own Manhattan-based interior design and construction management company. After earning an MBA, Bonnie went on to start WhatNEXT?!, a monthly newsletter covering new technology, and founded Net.Content, Inc., an Internet company which developed software. Bonnie is also involved in animal advocacy work as the co-founder of Thinking Animals, Inc. (www.thinkinganimals.org) a non-profit devoted to insuring that people become more involved in the conservation and humane treatment of animals by bringing scientists to New York for monthly lectures on the latest research in animal cognition and behavior. She is also a member of the Friends of the Wildlife Land Trust which protects wild animals by creating permanent sanctuaries, preserving and enhancing natural habitat and confronting cruelty.