Bachelor, master and law degrees from the Arizona State
University; honorary doctorates from ASU, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Thunderbird and the University of South Carolina; until
January 2009 U.S. Ambassador to Finland
Hobbies: Experienced professional-level pilot. She was on a cycling tour through Finland (covered nearly
1000 km by bicycle). In August 2007 she climbed the mountain Kilimanjaro (Tanzania); backup for Soyuz TMA-16.