{"id":4224,"date":"2016-08-06T22:59:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T05:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2016-08-06T22:59:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T05:59:22","slug":"reese-granddaughters-are-making-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/06\/reese-granddaughters-are-making-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Reese Granddaughters Are Making A Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tthe Reese family.<\/a> Matriarch Carolyn Reese <\/a>started the conference almost 22 years ago. Her three sons and their families all play an important part in running the show. At one time or another, most of Carolyn\u2019s grandchildren have had responsibilities with the show as they were growing up. Today, grandson Matt Reese<\/a>, is the Show Director of Road.\nThis past summer has been a productive summer for three of Carolyn\u2019s granddaughters. All three were born and raised in Southern California and have had their turn at helping with the behind the scenes of Road. All college graduates, this summer has seen interesting changes in the girls’ lives as they have gone out on their own around the country.\nRachel Reese, daughter of Carolyn\u2019s youngest son Darrell, moved to Chicago in 2014 to be the manager for a music store. This summer, she was promoted to District Manager<\/strong> of retail stores in Illinois and Missouri for Music and Arts<\/em><\/a>. She will be supervising six stores and traveling regularly between the two states. Music and Arts<\/em> is a national band and orchestral retailer servicing over a million lessons a year and fulfilling the instrumental needs of many musicians.\n[caption id=\"attachment_4225\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]\"Mary<\/a> Mary Beth, Rachel, and Erika in Washington, DC[\/caption]\nOn the Fourth of July, Rachel reconnected with cousins Erika Reese of Virginia and Mary Beth Reese of California, in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the nation\u2019s birthday. It rained throughout the day but it eventually cleared up so they could dance on the Capitol lawn to the PBS, A Capitol Fourth<\/em> Concert<\/em>. The out-of-towners stayed with Carie Ruiz, Erika and Mary Beth\u2019s sister, at her home in Virginia.\nCarie Ruiz is the middle daughter of Carolyn\u2019s middle son, Dave. She and her husband Kevin and their 3 children have lived in Virginia the past few years. Carie is a stay-at-home parent who still finds time for sewing projects. She has been busy hosting relatives<\/strong> all summer: the cousins for July Fourth, her dad and step-mom for Erika\u2019s graduation, and her mom and Grandma Carolyn for her two boys\u2019 birthday celebrations.\n[caption id=\"attachment_4227\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]\"Carolyn<\/a> Carolyn with Great Granddaughter Laura[\/caption]\nErika Reese, Dave\u2019s oldest daughter, graduated<\/strong> this summer from the National Institutes of Health Specialist in Blood Bank Technology Program.\u00a0 It was an intensive 12-month training program offered by the Department of Transfusion Medicine in the NIH Clinical Center.\u00a0 During the past year, Erika has juggled working 32 hours per week as a Medical Technologist in the Transfusion Service Laboratory; 8 hours per week of didactic lectures and exams in advanced immunohematology topics; outside rotations at participating facilities; and completion of a research project. After graduation, Erika was eligible to sit for the national exam offered by the American Society of Clinical Pathology and on July 18, 2016, she passed her exam and is now certified as a Specialist in Blood Bank<\/strong> (SBB).\n[caption id=\"attachment_4226\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]\"L<\/a> L to R, Kimberly Levy (fellow SBB student), Karen Byrne (DTM\/SBB Education Coordinator), and Erika[\/caption]\nErika recently moved out on her own to an \u201cadorable\u201d rowhouse rental in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore.\u00a0 Erika has accepted a job as the Quality Assurance Specialist<\/strong> for the Blood Bank at the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore.\u00a0 This job is off the bench and involves reviewing systems from the blood bank to maintain and enhance the quality and safety of transfusion and tissue transplantation. She is also working with her mentors to get her research paper published in a peer-reviewed journal.\u00a0 Erika really enjoys doing research and looks forward to opportunities for future projects within UMMC and collaborating with professionals at other institutions.\nRoad to California is proud of these three Reese granddaughters. What a summer indeed!!]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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