13A Barber ton Hera ld Pub l icat ion Women Mean Business 2017

isa Okolish Miller was elected to the position as Law Director for the City of Barberton in 2008 and re-elected in 2012 & 2016. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law in 1991 after graduating from Ashland University.

Lisa is also a graduate from Leadership Akron, Class XVII.

Lisa started her career working for the Summit County Common Pleas Court, General Division and went on to work as an attorney for the Westfield Insurance Company. In 1998 she was appointed to the position of Human Resources, for the City of Barberton.

She served in that position for six years. She was then named Executive Director of the Summit County Human Resource Commission.

Lisa has served on Ashland University’s Board of Trustees since 1996 and is also involved in The Barberton Community Foundation’s Women’s Leadership Initiative.

Lisa is a lifelong resident of Barberton and is married to Brian and they have two sons. Lisa and her family are very active in the community volunteering for the Mum Fest and are active at The Chapel. She is also a member of the Barberton Kiwanis.

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MarieKyle-SmithSmith’s House of CarpetFounder

M arie Kyle-Smith of Smith’s House of Carpet celebrated her 23rd year in the flooring business. Marie founded Smith’s House of Carpet in 1994 out of her Springfield Township garage. As her company grew she moved her business to Akron. Her flooring

store has been on Kenmore Blvd since 1997, offering a full line of Carpet, Luxury Vinyl Tile, Plank, Wood & Laminate. Marie has been trained in custom rug making and makes all rugs on the premises. Marie is active in the community and a member of the Summit County Chamber of Commerce, Kenmore Board of Trade and the VFW Women’s Auxiliary. She is also a member of the Norton Sports Booster. She lives in Norton with her husband Scott and daughter Jenna. Marie is a graduate of Green High School. She attends classes in the flooring industry staying up to date on styles, colors and installation of new products. Stop in and see Marie and she can help you fall in love with your floor again.

1215 Kenmore Blvd • Akron330-753-6505

www.smithshouseofcarpet.com

Mandi RectorHoneymoon GrilleOwner

oneymoon Grill is Portage Lakes’ home to great food and exceptional service and later this year plan on staying open later and offering dinner service. Owners Mandi and Steve Rector are extremely proud to have been voted #1 “Best Breakfast” and “Best Brunch” by the Akron-Canton Hot List and Beacon’s Best Breakfast 2016! I worked as a nurse up until we opened the Honeymoon in 2013. We had a daughter (Selah) who was 1, and our son (Luke) would be born 4 months into our Honeymoon adventure! Because we were fortunate to have some early success with the Honeymoon, I decided to leave my nursing career to focus full time on growing our business. During our first two years my husband and I were doing

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any and all jobs from marketing to payroll to the dishes while we worked to build a staff and restaurant that we hoped would be based on great service, great food, in a clean, family friendly atmosphere. Even though my husband and I both work hard be-cause it is a 7 day a week business, we are blessed to have a great staff that allows us to have some flexibility in our schedule to spend time with our 3 children. We are so thankful to have the support of our customers and co workers who have become almost like an extended to family to us and our kids. Although we have only been open 3 short years, I have learned so much in that time about what it takes to run a company and the discipline needed to continue to evolve to stay successful. Since we have had 3 children in the last four years as well, I have also had to improve my time management! Raising our children is our favorite job I must admit, but being able to work with family and the knowledge that I have gained from this experience so far have been nothing short of amazing!

We look forward to seeing you atthe Honeymoon Grille!

3458 Manchester Road, Akron330-644-4355

honeymoongrille.com