I was born in a small community called Edgewater Park, in New York right on the edge of the water, as the name suggests. It was a warm community where everyone knew each other and where my parents have lived for over 50 years.

My first sales experience came when I was 19 and my ex-husband and I bought the local candy store. Not only did I learn about sales and marketing as a business owner, but I also saw sales from the other side of the fence as a buyer.

In my early 20s I was more interested in being wife and mother than having a career. My two greatest joys are my children. Lori graduated magna cum laude from Alburn University and is currently working as a CPA for Heinz and living in Pittsburgh with her husband, Adam. Danny graduated from the University of Georgia and is working as a stock trader for Northern Trust Securities in Atlanta. Two other people that are very special to me and a part of my extended family are Pete Clark and his daughter Amanda, who is a sophomore in high school.

I am one of only two of the original Citizen employees. I began as classified advertising director and remember very well putting together those first classified pages. As the newspaper grew, I went back into outside sales, where I had been working for many years with This Week in Peachtree City, The Fayette Daily News, The Suburban Post and The Business Ledger. I have been the Citizen's top sales person since 1996 and have been proud to watch the Citizen grow and play a part in its success.

I have been a workaholic for many years and have recently decided to slow down a little and enjoy life before it passes me by. In the last two years, I have been to Europe twice and have been on eight cruises. I hope to retire one day and live on the beach once again, play a little golf, enjoy my family and travel, travel, travel!