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MANAGEMENT

Owner/Founder/Editor - Amanda Formaro is the mother of four beautiful children and is married to her high school sweetheart that she met 25 years ago. Amanda enjoys going to her kids' soccer and football games, watching her daughter learn to dance, walking her German Shepherd, and taking care of her family. Amanda had a successful career in Corporate America in the area of Finance before she chose to stay home and raise her family. She owns and operates FamilyCorner.com Magazine, Inc. Amanda and her family live in sunny southern Nevada and she loves this website! You can read more about Amanda and see her family here.

Public Relations & Promotions - Please direct these issues to Amanda Formaro

FORUMS/MESSAGE BOARDS MODERATORS 

There are several different discussion boards available in the FamilyCorner Forums. Meet our moderators:

• Assistant Administrator and Assistant Editor- Tami Rose is mother to 2 children, and wife to Bill, she lives in Mount Holly, NC. Tami handles all administrative functions and technical support for our FC Message Board Community. Tami can be seen on the FC forums as "ajrsmom". Tami is also the assistant editor and reviews all editorial content for the FamilyCorner.com website.
  
  
• Head Moderator - Debbie Knechtel is mother to 3 children, and military wife to Michael for 15 years. She is university educated to teach English as a second language. Debbie directed a children's recreation program, worked in daycare, and currently runs a home day care since having her own children. She and her husband help out with the volunteer Fire Department where her husband is Captain, and she enjoys helping at schools, both English and French. Debbie is an avid scrapbooker and can be seen on the FC forums as "debknechtel".
  
  
• Head Moderator - Barb Szyszkiewicz has been married to Steve for 13 years and has three children. She is a certified teacher and has taught students ranging from first grade to college. She is now a homemaker and busy volunteer at church and her children's school. Barb enjoys reading, cooking, baking, and watching Notre Dame football. Barb can be seen on the FC forums as "barbszy".
  
  
• Board Moderator - Robin Finzer is a mother to two children, and has been happily married for 18 years. After 22 years in the workforce in the health care field she took early retirement to become a stay at home mom. That full time job is supplemented with volunteer work. The current volunteer works consists of being on the PTO board (VP), co-leader of a Girl Scout troop, Boy Scout Troop committee, teaching religious education, serving on the Board of KPHA and many other things. Her interests are crafts and reading when there is time. Robin can be seen on the FC forums as "redcardinalbird".
  
  
• Board Moderator - Anna Gartin is a full time receptionist for an electrical engineering company where her husband also works. She has been married for 18 years, no children, but they do have 3 dogs and lots of nieces and nephews to spoil. They also own a crafting business (Homecroft Holler Crafts) where they make a variety of items including scented candles, homemade soaps, purses, natural jewelry and clocks which they sell at a craft and antique store. She hopes next year to open a website. She is always looking for new crafting ideas. Anna is also very much into living a frugal lifestyle and making the most of the planet's natural resources by gardening and using recycled products whenever possible. She does canning, lots of homemade cooking and tries to do Once A Month cooking. Anna can be seen on the FC forums as "OSI".
  
  
• Board Moderator - Colleen Stuchal is a SAHM, wife to Andy for almost 25 years, making Greensburg, PA her home. She enjoys Family Corner, doing crafts and learning new crafts. She loves spending time with her family and their pet cat, Rusty. She collects pennies along with her children to donate to different causes. The most recent being Wildlife Works Inc., a non-profit organization that rescues and rehabilitates injured wildlife. She is new to being a moderator, but is enjoying it very much. Colleen can be seen on the FC forums as "Coll".
  
  
• Board Moderator - Leighann Patterson has been married to her husband Bob for 14 yrs and is mom to 2 wonderful boys. She became a WAHM in 2001 starting her own daycare out of her home when her oldest was just 7 months old. She loves having the oppurtunity to stay home and yet make some extra money for her family. She enjoys taking care of her family but for herself loves to read, work out, and cook. She is trying to become even more active in her church, and of course coming to FC! Leighann can be seen on the FC forums as "Lee".
  
  
• Board Moderator - Karen Lorditch has been married to her husband Matt for 13 years in February and the mother to five children! She became a SAHM after the birth of her third child, and after being a SAHM for three years, she than became a WAHM and has been for the past nine years. Calling Lancaster County, PA her home for all of her life. With five children and a work at home job, she doesn't have much time for very many hobbies. Her children's ages range from 18 years to 3 months old. Karen can be seen on the FC forums as "mom2-4".
  
  
• Board Moderator - Joy Metzger is celebrating 25 years of marriage to Jerry this year. Together they have 4 great kids and live on a small farm in Northwest Iowa. Her oldest son is employed full time. She has a son and daughter in college and her youngest daughter is in high school. Joy has had a variety of jobs including: retail, floral designer and daycare provider. She is currently employed full time as a bookkeeper / dispatcher for a local trucking company and part time at the local Public library. One of her favorite duties at the library is doing story time for the area preschoolers. Joy enjoys reading, crafts of all kinds, gardening and spending time with her family. Joy can be seen on the FC forums as "Joy".
  
  
• Assistant Board Moderator - Donna Martin has been married to Mark for 15 years. Having never been blessed with children, they are a very happy family of two. Their "children" consist of Tricky, their Pekinese and Keema, their cat. Donna had lived in 8 states, her favorite being Washington state. Her favorite thing to do on Family Corner is come up with new questions in the Idle Chit Chat thread. Donna's user name is trainlady and, as the name implies, she loves Amtrakking! She has been riding the rails since 1981 and has ridden over 100,000 miles! She also likes reading, writing, camping, going to movies and trying new recipes. Donna can be seen on the FC forums as "trainlady".
  
  
• Assistant Board Moderator - Candace Rishell has always dabbled in Arts and Crafts of all kinds with painting being her favorite. Candy worked as a craft coordinator for the elderly and handicapped for several years, and also spent several years running and operating a craft supply store. Candy also owns and operates a Domiciliary Care home for the past twenty three years, which entails taking care of up to 6 live in patients which suffer from mental illness. Candy is spending her life with her husband Richard of twenty six years. He is a retired electrician and now likes to build craft type items also. Between them they have five children all grown, four grandchildren and one on the way in May. Several members of the family love to make things too. Candy says "I guess you can say I come from a crafty bunch! LOL!" Candy can be seen on the FC forums as "Candy".
  
  
• Assistant Board Moderator - Norma Mason is a single woman who is happy to be so. She loves to spoil her nephew who is now 18. She has worked as a legal secretary for a small law firm for 17 years. Her interests include crocheting, reading, cooking, gardening, yard saling, and all things frugal. Norma won 3rd place in the McCall's Annual Afghan Design Contest in 1980. Donna can be seen on the FC forums as "crochet2".
  
  
  

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