Harriet has spent much of her life supporting nonprofit organizations including the Las Vegas Philharmonic Guild, the National Association of Women Business Owners, the National Association of Invest Financial Advisors, the Mid-America Coalition on Healthcare, the Junior Women Philharmonic Association of the Kansas City Orchestra, the Boy Scouts of America, and American Field Services.

In addition, she has served on the YWCA Board of Directors and the Atonement Lutheran Church Council.

She was elected the 2002 President of the Shawnee Mission, KS Rotary Club, and received its Paul Harris Fellow Award in 2000.

Harriet began her career as an Elementary School Teacher and went on to become the Executive Director of the Medical Society of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties where she developed the Annual Legislative Dinner, Physician Preceptor Program, and Healthy Kids Council.

After moving to Las Vegas, she became a Sales Executive for the Polo Towers and then went on to become a self-employed Insurance Broker Sales Agent where she remains today.

Harriet received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Emporia State University in Emporia, KS, attended the Kauffman School for Entrepreneurs in Kansas City, MO. She also holds a Life, Health, Property and Casualty License in state of Nevada, and received the Mortgage Guardian Top Achievement Award for 2004.