Marqueta Russell:  

After graduation, I spent one year at North Texas State University. In 1967, I went home and went to work at Dow (surprise!!). There I met Carl Russell. It was a blind date set up by the secretary in his office. Her husband worked in my unit at Dow so she was always trying to set up the single people she knew. We were married March 1968. In December 1969, Carl took a job with Ethyl Corp in Baton Rouge, La. There we raised our two children, David and Melissa, while I finished school at LSU earning a degree in Elem Education Dec 1978. In LA that meant I could teach 1-8 grades. in 1979, I went to work teaching 7th grade Math in the East Baton Rouge Parish system. After 3 1/2 years, in 1982, I tired of teaching and opened my own needlework shop. Just as it was taking off and becoming profitable, Carl was transferred to the Richmond, VA office in 1986. David had graduated Baton Rouge High and Melissa had completed her Freshman year. For a few years, I stayed home and took care of getting us all settled in Virginia. By the time Melissa graduated High School in 1989, I found a part time job and went back to work. Standing on my feet all day didn't suit me so I looked for office work in 1991 and landed a position with Signet Investment Services as an Admin Asst. I gradually worked my way up to the Compliance area dealing with broker and firm registrations and regulations. I completed my Series 7 license and in 1995 moved to Branch, Cabell & Co. as a Compliance Assistant. Since it was a small company, I was delegated branch exams as well as broker and firm registrations. I also compl...Expand for more