Spike has been a member of the Bar of the State of New York since 1977 and during those 40 years engaged in the practice of international corporate law.
[1] In the spring of 2015, in honor of the 900th anniversary of the death of Matilda of Canossa, Spike curated the exhibition Matilda of Canossa and the Origins of the Renaissance for the Muscarelle Museum of Art in coordination with the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.
In 2015, Spike also published An Illustrated Guide to the ‘One Hundred Churches’ of Matilda of Canossa, Countess of Tuscany (Centro Di, Florence, 2015).
[4] In 2016, also in honor of the 900th anniversary of the death of the Countess, she curated the exhibition, Matilda di Canossa (1046-1115) La donna che mutò il corso della stori / Matilda of Canossa (1046-1115) the Woman who Changed the Course of History for the Casa Buonarroti in Florence.
[5] As a member of the Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns of the Episcopal Church (USA) 2003-2009, Spike participated in delegations to Palestine and Israel as well as to United Nations conferences in New York City and Amman, Jordan.