Background                                                                                                                          Originally from a small town in central Wisconsin, she attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison and then worked as a fashion and photographic model for ten years based in Tokyo, Paris, New York and Honolulu. She graduated from UW-Milwaukee in 1997 with a B.A. degree in Women's Studies.

     Margery taught American Business Manners to Japanese executives while living in Tokyo. This included international standards of corporate etiquette and business attire: dressing for everything including annual board meetings and looking stylish (but not silly) on the golf course.

Business Worldwide
     Since 1980 Margery has been based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presenting business etiquette dinners and teaching professional appearance classes for colleges and corporations. She developed and taught the Business Etiquette curriculum at the former Milwaukee College of Business, and also taught World Geography there.  

     Having traveled to 118 countries, and circled the world three times, Margery teaches directly from her international experiences.  Her major interests in these travels are the customs of different cultures--what is considered appropriate and why. The lessons learned from widely varying standards of expectations fuel her belief that one's cultural savvy and self-awareness dramatically influences one's effectiveness in business.

Etiquette Programs
     Two of Margery's programs, "Defining Business Casual" and "Dining with Confidence" are available on video. Margery was featured in Fortune Magazine in March, 2002, and for a year wrote a regular, syndicated column that originated in the Milwaukee edition of The Business Journal, "Good Manners/Good Business."

"A Year Of Good Manners"                                                                                    Her new book is a way to record the birthdays and anniversaries of your family and friends in a perpetual calendar, and to help you remember good manners all year long.                                                                                                             *Easy to use--the left side of each page has an etiquette tip for the day.  The right side has space for you to write in the names of people whose milestones you want to remember.                                                                                                       *It is an heirloom that becomes more valuable with every entry.                           *365 common-sense etiquette tips; six floral paintings.                                         *An excellent gift idea for birthdays, graduations, and weddings.                         *Hard cover to last for generations.  180 pages.  Printed in the USA.

Professional Appearance
     Margery teaches not just current fashion, but also the reasons for the rules. The language of clothes is filled with hidden meanings and assumptions.  She decodes these messages and helps you present the image that is a true reflection of your best professional self.

     Her credo is, "People who have a knowledge of manners have a lifelong advantage in job situations and in personal relationships."