Marge Clements is the Office Manager in the Central Office who tries to keep everything organized & complete. Previously, she helped to start two 501(c)3s from scratch & worked innumerable pro-bono hours in the nonprofit sector while also maintaining a twenty-two-year career with a Big Bank. She is now able to harness all of that experience within the English Honor Societies! Marge is also a (volunteer) group administrator with AARP. She has two grown children, a son in Charlotte, NC, and a daughter in Boulder, CO. She shares her home in rural Illinois with two lively Miniature Pinschers, Penny and Cindy.
- I was actually a Spanish Major who segued into the legal field.
- My favorite part of being a Spanish Major is that speaking another language helped me refine my English vocabulary.
- The last book I read was Mastering Quick Books 2024.
- My favorite book is To Marry an English Lord which Downton Abbey was based on. This television & film series were inspired by several books by Gail MacColl and Carol Wallace as well as the proliferation of wealthy young American women that married English noblemen for titles in the early 1900’s.
- I can’t think of a book character I identify with.
- The last book I bought was Tomorrow Needs You by Naeem Fazal, but I have not read it.
- My favorite book to movie adaptation is Downton Abbey.
- I’m more of a writer than a reader.
- My favorite style of writing is descriptive or analytical.
- My go-to children’s book is Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss.
- My favorite childhood memory is going to Cubs games.
- Growing up, I was sure I would be working at the United Nations as an interpreter.
- My first job was receptionist at the finance company that my mother worked for.
- My dream job is probably what I am doing.
- I like to spend my free time visiting with friends, traveling, and organizing something.
- The destination at the top of my travel bucket list is Farsund, Norway, the birthplace of my grandmother.
- The literary place I’d most like to visit is Barcelona, Spain.
- If I could move anywhere in the world, I’d live in London, England.
- If I was stranded on a desert island, the three things I would bring with me are non-perishable food, a fishing pole, something that would turn salt water into potable water.
- The one song I could listen to on repeat is “This is Amazing Grace” by Matt Redmond.
- The best gift I ever received was my kids (both human and animal).
- The best gift I’ve ever given is contributing to the purchase of World Cup football (soccer) tickets.
- If you find me in the kitchen, I’m typically whipping up . . . who knows? I make up stuff all the time.
- If I could try any food from a book or series, I would work to replicate it.
- The author (dead or alive) I’d most like to spend a day with is Naeem Fazal. He’s my pastor, friend, an awesome speaker & writer. His story is amazing.
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