Beth was diagnosed with HL in her senior year of high school in North Carolina and was treated with surgery and radiation. Shortly, thereafter, she started her education at Duke University, ultimately majoring in public policy with a concentration in health policy. After a short stint working on Capitol Hill, she returned to Duke for a law degree. After graduation, Beth worked in commercial litigation at Simpson Thacher & Barlett in NYC and later at the Taft firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. Beth encountered many of the long-term side effects of radiation treatment along the way, including a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2007. Shortly thereafter, Beth started working on developing a cancer survivorship program at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center, along with serving on the boards of many Cincinnati non-profits and serving as chair of the board of trustees of The Seven Hills School, a pre-K- 12 independent school in Cincinnati.