Up close and personal with Nancy Zimpher

Dressed in a chic navy blue skirt-suit with white details, she enters the room surrounded by a posse of people. She looks around and says a quick greeting. “Oh, hello! I'm Nancy,” she says with a big smile. As she sits with her well-manicured hands on her lap, Zimpher is the epitome of style and grace.

From humble beginnings as a one-classroom grade school teacher in the Ozarks, the United States, Zimpher has taken about 40 years to get to be where she is today. Coming from a family of teachers, she believes there is a science to teaching.