Name: Gisela Medek
Title: General Manager
Company: Barkan Compliance Solutions
Location: 77 Main St., Hopkinton, MA
Birthplace: Osterode, Germany
Family: Husband, Peter; daughter, Lisa; grandsons, Tyler, Dan and Ian
College: BA from Reed College, Portland, Oregon
First job unrelated to your current field: Educational publishing
First job in current field: Subsidized housing manager
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Provides support for compliance, training and staffing for assisted housing properties, seeking to expand to providing services to housing authorities.
Hobbies: Gardening, watching movies, making books and cards for family and friends
Favorite novel: Currently, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
Favorite film: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Keys to success: "Fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours" - Swedish proverb
Person you admire most (outside of family): Hillary Clinton
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Book editor