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She joined Katie Mehnert, CEO and Founder of Pink Petro and Experience Energy, to talk with husband and wife, Selby Bush and Dave Lilley, on balancing dual careers, taking leave, transitioning back to work, and how company policy can help. Download the [supplemental guide](https://www.allyenergy.com/hubfs/Coachs%20Corner%20Discussion%20Guides/Coachs_Corner_Discussion_Guide_Anna_McKay.pdf) for an overview of the discussion agenda and more background on the coaches. [https://vimeo.com/390801689/39e8ccfb82](https://vimeo.com/390801689/39e8ccfb82) Selby Bush is currently the Corporate Affairs Manager at BHP and serves as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University, where she attended graduate school. Selby has a range of legislative experience since entering the workforce with a graduate degree in political management, and she started off as a key aide to U.S. Senator, Tom Coburn and for the Republican National Committee's Victory Campaign in 2008. 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