The Employee Spotlight for December is Audrey Cobb. Audrey works in the Orlando, Florida office as a Project Consultant. She joined GDS in 2013 as an Analyst after more than a decade as a public school mathematics teacher. She was introduced to GDS when she taught GDS Principal Gary Brunault’s son Calculus. 
While teaching full-time, she went on to earn her MBA from University of Florida. Today, she works on close to 70 transmission and production actual and projection formula rate reviews annually, serving primarily municipal utilities and joint action power agencies. She has also worked on wholesale rate implementation, updating annual load forecasting systems, return on equity analyses, and preparation of Annual Engineering Reports.
WHat has working at GDS Taught you?
Working at GDS Associates has taught me that there are many different areas of work within our company, and you can work on various types of projects at the same time with many different employees at the firm, which interests the learner in me.
Describe GDS in three words.
Autonomous, Flexible, and Purposeful
What hashtags describe your personality best?
#YouArePowerful, #MindsetMatters, #GrowThroughIt, #WorkLifeBalance, #Motivated, #Dynamic, #Driven, #Passionate
Do you have a favorite quote?
“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – The Dalai Lama
do you have a favorite tv show?
A tie for favorite tv show… Days of Our Lives and Big Brother.