R. Z. Halleson

R. Z. Halleson, M.B.A. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, is a retired marketing professional who spent most of her career in the not-for-profit sector, primarily in health care, child welfare, and retirement housing.

She also has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from South Dakota State University, Brookings. She grew up on a farm in Wisconsin, has lived in Maryland, Ohio, Caracas, Venezuela and now lives in the Chicago area.

Halleson has traveled to many areas of the world including Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, and also to Southeast Asia to research her newest book about Cambodia.

She is a widow with two children, four step-children, nine grandchildren, and a goddaugher.