Jeanne has served the WOSGA for twenty-nine years, including the past twenty as the Executive Director. Under her guidance the WOSGA expanded their events by joining with the Ohio Junior Championship and adding a State Seniors.
Jeanne has also been active in the Greater Cleveland Golf Association, serving as its President in 1988. Her golf resume includes five GCGA District titles and fourteen championships at Rawiga Country Club. She was also club champion at Medina Country Club for two years. Jeanne also holds the distinction of being the first female Board member of Rawiga CC and then became the first female president in 2000. She also served the USGA as a member of the Women’s Public Links Committee for over twenty years.
Retired from competition, Jeanne now spends her time coaching the men’s golf team at Medina. In her eleven-year tenure, they have been to the state tournament seven times. In 2012, the Cleveland Plain Dealer named her Men’s Golf Coach of the Year as her team finished fifth in the state. Jeanne started the first women’s golf team at Medina in 1997 and guided them for five years which included two trips to state competition in Columbus. All of her teams have won numerous conference championships. She has also coached two All- Ohio golfers.
Jeanne is a graduate of The Ohio State University and received her Masters from Ashland University. She taught health and physical education at Medina for thirty years retiring in 2005. Besides golf she coached volleyball and won the first conference championship in school history. She also had the very first girl’s state high jump champion when she taught at Vermillion High School. Over her thirty years in education, Jeanne also was involved in the cheerleading program, track, and Student Council. Medina’s Student Council hosted two state conventions and won numerous awards for their activities. Jeanne also served as the President of the Medina City Teachers Association for three years.
In 1990 she was inducted into the Medina County Sports Hall of Fame for golf. In 2000 the YWCA named her a Woman of Distinction. In 2004 she entered the Medina High School Hall of Fame for her contributions to the school system. The Northern Ohio PGA honored Jeanne in 2006 as a Legend of the Game for her contributions to the game of golf.