JoAnn grew up on a farm in Iowa. As a kid, she enjoyed building forts in trees and swimming at her cousin’s house. She is from a large family, so there was always somebody to play with. JoAnn started playing piano in 2nd grade and started playing at her church in 4th grade. She continued to play for her church until she moved from Iowa in 2010. She has played piano for hundreds of weddings and funerals.

She graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, with a degree in Business Management/Entrepreneurship and then later returned to the same university to get her accounting degree. Accounting seemed to come easy to her as her mother always kept the books for their family farm.

JoAnn married her high school sweetheart, whom she started dating her sophomore year. They have two grown sons, two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren.

When she’s not at work, she enjoys hiking (or maybe long walks in the woods). College football is her favorite season. Her favorite team is the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. She’s also a big fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. There’s football on their TV almost every day during football season.