After receiving her MBA from the College of William and Mary in 1987, LynnMarie took a position as Assistant Marketing Professor at St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin, a stone's throw from Green Bay.  Leaving the state and, temporarily, academe, LynnMarie moved first to the DC area, where she was Director of Marketing for a medical laboratory, then to Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, where she worked as Vice President of Marketing for the 3rd largest Credit Union in the Keystone State.  LynnMarie returned to academe on a part-time basis and taught at The American University in DC and Penn State in Pennsylvania.  Recently moving from Dayton, Ohio, where LynnMarie worked for years as an Adjunct at Wright State University, LynnMarie has been teaching for KSU since May of 2007 and makes her home in Marietta, GA