I was born (1957) and raised in Cincinnati. My family moved from Westwood to Kenwood when I was seven years old. After graduating from Indian Hill High School, I attended Miami University (Oxford) where I majored in Marketing and pledged Tridelt. I graduated in 1979 and started working at Cincinnati Bell two weeks later. I worked at CB for almost 32 years in various Sales, Support, Marketing and Management roles before retiring in 2011. In 2013, my daughter Casey (U of MI graduate) and I opened Power Ryde (Wards Corner at I-275 in Loveland), an indoor spinning studio with the Real Ryder tilting bikes. We just had our nine-year anniversary & have since added TRX strength classes.
My husband and I have two daughters (Casey, 32, and Kelly, 29), a 7-month-old granddaughter and two Bernese Mt Dogs (120 & 140 pounds). If you lived in Cincinnati 19 years ago, some of you may remember Casey as she was the 13-year-old girl who was stabbed by a neighbor while jogging through Indian Hill. Casey (Ward) now lives in Terrace Park with her husband Wade and daughter Wren. Kelly (OSU grad) just moved to Destin, FL where she works for ALDO Shoes.
We love to hike and travel. For our family Christmas gift, we used to go away on a vacation for two weeks to somewhere warm. All were great, but some of the favorites were Australia, Costa Rica & Tahiti. I also love horseback riding (although I haven’t ridden in years), reading, going on historic house tours, and I have a passion for colonial antiques. In the summer (when the Canadian border is open) we drive the 10-hour drive to Pointe Au Baril, Ontario, where we kayak and read tons of books! Our cabin is over 100 years old, having been passed down through my husband’s family.
