More superwomen joining our ranks….we’re just about set for world domination with this crew!
Amy Giampetroni
Amy Giampetroni is a thirty-something, happily married, PAC Manager-turned-stay-at-home mom from southeastern Wisconsin. As wife to forty-something Dan, stepmother to 12 year-old stepdaughter Alexis, “real” mom to 5 year-old son Angelo, and “dog mom” to 7 year-old yellow Lab Josie, Amy’s BA in Psychology and Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin – Madison comes in very handy.
Amy became a stepmom after marrying Dan in June of 2000, when Alexis was just 4-years-old. Suffice it to say that being initiated into parenthood by way of someone else’s preschooler, who is only with her and Dan every other weekend, proved to be an interesting challenge with unique rewards, all of which prepared her well for becoming a real card-carrying mom to her son Angelo in May of 2003. To add another twist to the picture, Amy and Dan are also trying for another baby.
Since college, Amy has worked full-time in association management, pharmaceutical sales, and – most recently - in the legal and government affairs areas of a top national distributor to the Long Term Care industry. Prior to becoming a stay-at-home mom, Amy worked as a Political Action Committee Manager, having created and run her employer’s very successful political action committee for nearly four years. Amy loved her job and took great pride in her work, but in 2007 her son’s chronic health problems ultimately forced her to make the change to being a full-time at-home mom, something she had wanted to do for a long time. Much to everyone’s relief, Angelo’s health improved 100%, and Amy and her husband were pleased to find that their lives in general became much more peaceful and enjoyable by removing Amy’s demanding career from the picture. Nonetheless, with Angelo starting full-day kindergarten in the fall of 2008, Amy will be returning to the workforce on a part-time basis in some capacity.
In her free time, Amy is an avid reader, and enjoys working out, knitting, spending time with family and friends, traveling, antiquing, movies and dining out.
Amy is thrilled to be joining This Mommy Gig, as writing has long been a passion and hobby of hers. Toward that end, she began work on her first novel in 2007 and hopes to be ready to shop it around in the fall of 2008. Amy also started her own blog – Average Everyday Super Woman - in January of 2008. In addition, Amy joined a group of aspiring Milwaukee-area writer moms seeking freelance writing opportunities in May of 2008. If anyone has any good tips or contacts for Amy, or if you just want to say hello, please email her at amygiampetroni at gmail dot com.
Laura Thomas
Laura P. Thomas is mother to 5 (and a half!) year old Anna, and wife of 12 years to Mark. They live with a hyperactive Terrier/Heeler name Lilo in Austin, Texas, because it’s just such a super-cool city. The “P” stands for Pevehouse, her maiden name, and she uses it for a couple of reasons. One is that both Laura and Thomas are very common names. Google it and you’ll get a real estate agent in Los Angeles, but Google it with the “P” and you’ll find this Laura. The other reason is that even though she grew tired of constantly spelling Pevehouse for people only to hear them say “Oh, just like it sounds”, she’s actually quite proud to be a Pevehouse from the middle of nowhere in northeast Louisiana.
Working around Dell for more than seven years, Laura has built a background in the areas of corporate communications, employee communications, public relations, community affairs, branding and online communication. She is currently part of the Global Online group and is responsible for the home page of Dell.com, as well as all Dell.com content from Investor Relations, Corporate Communications and other corporate functions. She assisted with the creation of the Direct2Dell blog and is a somewhat-regular contributor. In her spare time she led Dell into the metaverse with the creation of Dell Island in Second Life. Every time she’s in-world from home, her daughter thinks it’s time to play virtual dolls, and wants to change her avatar’s hair and clothing.
Laura is proud to have earned the designation of Accredited Business Communicator from the International Association of Business Communicators, and to have received her News/Editorial Journalism degree from Louisiana State University. (Geaux Tigers!) If she had more time, she would spend it reading, traveling around the world and writing; so, her dream job would be to have someone actually pay her to travel to exotic locales and write about it! Until then, she will satisfy her need to explore by diving into all the latest social media trends. You can find her in Second Life as Pyrrha Dell, on Twitter as LPT, in Facebook as Laura P Thomas, on brightkite as LPT and on LinkedIn as laurapthomas.
