Why you joined Rotary: I joined to serve the youth of Rockledge, especially helping students become Rotary International Exchange students. I also want to serve the community through relationships with fellow members that bring their experience and wisdom to their passions.
Where you’re from, originally: I’m from the small town of Hollidaysburg in Central Pennsylvania.
Other places you’ve lived and worked: I lived for a time in Dungog, NSW, Australia, as an exchange student. My degree is in marketing (with a minor in computer science) from Penn State. I worked for IBM in Washington, DC; Atlanta; Kingsport, TN; and Orlando. Also in Orlando, I was a director for Tupperware and the owner of Oasis (nursery and interior plant maintenance). In Rockledge, I worked in sales for Hershey’s.
Your major influences in life: My major influences are my mother and father, God, IBM personnel and all members of my blended family. That includes Scott, my husband of 20 years; Taylor (25 years old); Emily (30 years old) and Kate (32 years old).
An interesting anecdote from your history: I once won the alligator lottery, pulling a 10-foot gator into an eight-foot boat in the middle of the night after using a .45 caliber bang-stick. The cracked alligator meat was great!
Things you do outside of work, interests, hobbies: My interests include off-grid living, horticulture (fruit and nut orchard), sustainable ecology and soil food web. I’m also involved in efforts to save the Indian River Lagoon and enjoy sailing there.
Tell us a little about your philosophy of life: My priorities are God, husband, family, friends, business and everything else. I want to leave this world better than when I came into it.
