I grew up in Cedar Rapids the youngest of eight – five brothers and two sisters. After graduating from Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School, I helped a friend move to Gainesville, Florida, and decided to stay there …for 10 years. During that time I started working in retail. I became the youngest manager the company had hired, won several sales contests, and then took a position with Brown Formen, as a sales representative for Bay Distributors, a wine distributer in Tampa. Basically, I sold wine to grocery stores and small boutiques. After working several years putting up 50 case displays I opted for a lighter position. I was hired as the southern account manager for Sunshine Biscuits. I was now selling cookies and crackers and loving it.
I decided in 1993 to move back to Iowa to spend more quality time with my family, all of whom still live in Cedar Rapids and the outlying areas, and to get serious about starting a family of my own. Instead of finding a husband, I fell in love with radio and in 1993 my radio career began. I worked in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area markets. Radio was not just a job. It was something I really enjoyed. It was rewarding helping others build their business and feeling like you had a part in it. Not only did I fall in love with radio, but through radio I fell in love and married my husband Brook in 1997. We had our first child, Kiley, in 1999 and made a very difficult decision for me to leave radio and stay home with her. After building such strong relationships with so many clients, it was like leaving a family behind.
Two years later here comes little Taylor, our second daughter, and then Trey in 2004.
So now, 10 years later, we have two girls, one boy, two dogs, three hermit crabs and a fish. It’s been a very rewarding 10 years and I am very fortunate to have had this time with my children. Now they are all in school and somehow out of faith, chance, or pure luck, radio is back in my life. In August of this year, I was asked to join the locally owned Z102.9 and 1600ESPN family. I was and am honored to be part of such an amazing group of people that don’t just consider this a job but really do love what they do as well.
Our family enjoys camping, biking, boating, and the Hawkeyes. I personally love to work out in my spare time (weird huhJ).
I’m back! And I’m excited to reconnect with old clients and ready to meet new ones!
Did you know that what comes through our ears stays in our minds for nearly five full seconds before it begins to fade? Whatever enters your eyes is gone in less than a second. Radio is such a great way for people to hear your message because the mind processes the message even when you aren’t listening.