Name: Kari Wissel          Position: Director of Eastern Indiana

What was your first paying job?

My first job was split into two parts. I worked for a family that owned both a bait shop and a daycare (two different businesses, not a one stop shop for worms and child care). During the summer months I would open up the bait shop and work there for several hours, then head over and help watch about a dozen kids, ages anywhere from 6 months to 10 years old. It was

What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?

I’m kind of an adrenaline junkie. I’ve been skydiving, cliff rappelling, white water rafting. The number 1 item on my bucket list is cage diving with a great white shark.

What’s the best advice you were ever given? Who was it from?

My first boss out of college told me to always keep friends that are 10 years older and 10 years younger than me. It’s not completely relevant to me just yet, but it’s something I’ve always remembered.