What’s up Smart Money Crew! It’s your host Dean Thomas. We are rounding out the week with a very good friend of mine whose experience has spanned the top education institutions in this country from Philips Exeter Academy to Dartmouth to MIT.

She is currently a management consultant at the prestigious McKinsey & Company focusing on healthcare and for those of you who don’t know what McKinsey is – it’s basically the creme de la crème in the consulting world.

Her journey has been anything but a straight line up and to the right, however. I think the unusual twists and turns life throws us is ultimately what makes our lives interesting, fulfilling, and memorable. Without further ado, please give a warm Smart Money welcome to the powerful and eloquent, Valerie Zhao!