Although Barbara grew up wanting to work alongside film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times, Barbara does get to give her thumbs-up and thumbs-down from her balcony here at Hammock. As our marketing guru, Barbara coordinates integrated marketing programs for MyBusiness advertisers targeting small business. She also develops new business opportunities for Hammock for companies that are NOT looking for a product to hang between two trees.

After graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in Art History, Barbara worked for the auction house Sotheby’s in New York and London before returning to her Southern roots and beloved meat-and-threes. She came to Nashville to attend business school at Vanderbilt University. Subsequently, Barbara provided consulting services to the Oxford American magazine and Hammock before joining our team in 2005.

When Barbara's not working you'll find her diligently monitoring her Netflix queue, experimenting in the kitchen with the latest Barefoot Contessa recipe, visiting the newest restaurant in town, or running with her dog Biscuit in the hood (she completed her first triathlon in 2006).