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Karen Kasich

Karen Kasich full name is Karen Waldbillig Kasich. She was born on December 26, 1963, in Upper Arlington, Ohio, United States. She is currently the first lady of Ohio. At present, she is at the age of 52

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The total net worth of Karen is not yet disclosed, however, the net worth of her family including her husband and her two daughters is in between $9.1 million and $22.3 million.

Education and Career

She has attended Ohio State University from where she received a bachelor’s degree in communications. She had worked for a long time in a number of jobs in various fields which includes healthcare, marketing, and public relations. She, later on, became the Vice President at the company named GSW Worldwide which is a health-care advertising agency. However, later on, she left the job to take care of her children.

Relationship with John Kasich

She met John Kasich who is 12 years older to her through the well-known Ohio State University football team. She met him when she was working for a public relations firm. After that, John felt in love with her and they both dated each other for 8 long years.

Marriage and personal Life

Karen Kasich is the second wife of John Kasich. Before her, John was married to Mary Lee Griffith which whom he got a divorce in 1980. She met John after his divorce, and they soon started dating each other.

Karen got married to John in 1997. The couple has two children, twin daughters named Emma and Reese. Karen left her job as Vice president of GSW Worldwide to take care of her twin daughters.

Political Efforts

Karen had lost her mother because of congestive heart disease; as a result, she has been an active participant in many statewide efforts for increasing awareness regarding women’s heart health. Also, she has been serving as the statewide ambassador for After-School All-Stars Ohio which is basically a program that provides support to at-risk students in the form of after-school mentoring, academic help and fitness activities.

Currently, Karen is a member of the Ohio Valley’s Go Red for Women Council and the Partnership at Drugfree.org’s public relations advisory board. She has also toured Ohio along with her husband John to encourage Ohio’s Youth Drug Prevention Program called Start Talking!

Financial involvement

Karen has been involved in taking financial decisions and investments on behalf of her family. She had invested in some of the Ohio-based companies like Proctor & Gamble, American Electric Power, and others. She has also done investment in Apple, Philip Morris, and Pepsico as well as in the municipal bonds of some cities.

Personal information

Karen has professed herself as a fitness freak. She loves running and swimming and she has also actively participated and completed many marathons. She is quite passionate about the wellness of health on an individual.

She shared a friendly relationship with her both daughters and has been quite active at her daughter’s school. She has always supported his husband who is into politics and recently she backed her husband for his 2016 presidential campaign.

 


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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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