Chris has appeared in TV commercials; won art awards at the Cleveland, Massillon and Columbus Museums of Art; was named District 10 Toastmaster of the Year - 1990-91, by Toastmasters International and received the 1997-98 Chapter Member of the Year Award from the Ohio Speakers Forum (a Chapter of the National Speakers Association).

She is an active member of the National Storytelling Network; Past President, current Membership Chair and Editor/Webmaster of the Ohio Order for the Preservation of Storytelling (O.O.P.S!); Immediate Past President of the Greater Cleveland PC Users Group; and is a Certified Group Fitness Instructor with the American Council on Exercise (teaches 11 fitness classes weekly).

Chris, who has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics from Goucher College and all course work toward a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Art from Kent State University, shares that her passion presently is computers and the Internet.

In Chris' Words:

I have come full cycle to becoming what is known as a "geekette.” Right out of college, I landed my first career as a programmer for the Westinghouse Atomic Power Plant in Pittsburgh. I worked on a huge computer that filled a large room but had a teeny, tiny amount of memory. We used punch cards, did physical dumps, thought in octal terms and had a blast.

During the years following (after being a homemaker, mother and community volunteer), I returned to college at Kent State to pursue a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Art (fiber and clay). I opened my own studio, school and gallery, worked as manager of a textile design firm, became a waitress, a model, an instructor and a motivational speaker.

It wasn’t until in 1991 when I was hired as the marketing manager and editor of a local community paper, that I found myself back on a computer – not as a programmer, but as a desktop publisher. I was hooked. I couldn’t learn enough fast enough. I started doing the whole layout of the paper, along with setting up the advertisements that I had sold. And then, I discovered the Internet, designed my first website and have “never looked back.”

As a business owner, my goal is to share values and form partnerships with those I work with. My top values are integrity, honesty (telling it like it is), continual learning and improving, doing the best work possible and making sure that I help you look your best!

We live in one of the most exciting time periods I have ever witnessed. To be in touch with others all over the world on a daily basis and to have the amount of information easily available with the click of a gadget called a "mouse" is mind boggling! Don't you agree?