Name: Monica O'Brien

Title: Regional Director - Region 13

Years w/ Company: 1.5 years

Years w/in Field: A District/Regional Director for 10 years; in the ECE field 15 months

Education: BS degree in Business Management from Erskine College in Due West, SC

Geographic Location: Northern Virginia and DC.

Family info/hobbies: I have been married to my husband and best friend, Jack, for 10 years. Jack is active duty Army, which has kept us "on the move" for the past 10 years. We have a 2-1/2-year-old daughter, Reilly. Reilly enjoys spending her days at one of our KLC centers where she always looks forward to Music class. I also have 2 stepchildren, John and Katie. They live in Indianapolis. Reilly loves having older siblings despite not getting to see them as often as she would like. As far as hobbies, I love to travel. My favorite place to visit is Walt Disney World. I also enjoy cruising. Reilly went on her first Disney Cruise last January and had a blast!!!

Formative Geographic Location (where did you grow up)?
Stockholm, Sweden. I moved to the United States when I was 10 years old.

What do you love most about your job?
Interacting with my people and seeing them achieve personal as well as professional success.

If you could meet a famous person (alive or dead), who would you want to meet/why?
Princess Diana. She touched the lives of so many. She not only served as a role model for her country but for the world. She inspires me to be the best that I can be everyday.

Who is your hero/why?
My dad. He was an amazing role model growing up--I can still hear him giving me advice. He was successful as a father as well as a business man. He was basically everything that I want to be.

What inspires you?
My family as well as the people that I surround myself with at work.

What was your favorite subject in school/why?
Math--numbers have always come easy to me.

What is (or was, growing up) your favorite color crayon?
Red