Marilyn is originally from a small town in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Her family moved to Leesburg, Florida when she was in high school. She attended Stetson University in DeLand, Florida where she earned a BBA in marketing and a minor in art. Marilyn went on to Florida State University in Tallahassee where she obtained her MS degree in mass communication, specializing in marketing communication and information technologies.
Marilyn began her professional career in Tallahassee working for Interlight International. In early 1996 she moved to Atlanta and began working for Byers Engineering Company. In 1998 she joined the large business advertising team at BellSouth Corporation, where she worked as a MarCom Manager and was later promoted to Sr. MarCom Manager. In January 2007 she took on the role of Marketing Communications Director for AirSage, a high-tech start-up in Atlanta. Since leaving AirSage in December 2008, Marilyn has done freelance marketing through Design Troup, her own communication and design company, and spent a year working as a Project Manager at Solar Velocity, an interactive marketing agency. She's now working as Director, Marketing Communications for Commetrex in Roswell.
In her free time, Marilyn participates in Art Partners, a group of the High Museum of Art. Marilyn has been a member and volunteer with this group since 1999 and has served as President, Vice President of Marketing, and Chair of Young Careers. Marilyn has also volunteered with Hands On Atlanta and Habitat for Humanity. She is very creative and enjoys the arts, traveling, biking, reading and spending quality time with her boyfriend, her friends and her pets. Animals are her biggest passion and she's an avid supporter of the Atlanta Humane Society, ASPCA, PCRM and PeTA.
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