For the past 20 years, Carol Fehr has been with Mary Kay Cosmetics.
But before that, she was a professional musician, a banjo player who played jazz concerts, cruise ships, conventions and private parties. Fehr said it was a profession she found early.
"I grew up listening to music. My mother was an opera singer and my dad loved jazz. I grew up with music around me. Years and years ago I went to a Shaky's pizza parlor and I saw a banjo player and the banjo just caught my eye. I told my dad I wanted to play the banjo."
In 1964 she moved to Las Vegas and joined "The Mickey Finn Show," a ragtime musical show that started in San Diego. It was an exciting life for someone in their 20s, but she was growing tired of living in Las Vegas and show-to-show.
"After the show closed, I needed to get a real job," said Fehr. She tried her hand at interior design and still played music. Eventually, music won out and she returned to San Diego in the early '80s where she and her first husband formed the South Market Street Jazz band. The band performed at the openings of Seaport Village and Horton Plaza and played harbor cruises and other gigs until the early '90s, when the recession slowed down the music business drastically.
"I was looking for another way to make money and I was introduced to Mary Kay and started using the product," Fehr said. "I was drawn to the story of the company and fell in love with the story of Mary Kay… I really love her dream for women to start training and to be able to move up in the company."
Fehr started as an independent beauty consultant in 1992 and became an independent sales director in 1995.
She recently earned her 10th car, a pink Cadillac SUV, in the company's Career Car Program. The car is her seventh Cadillac in the company's exclusive color.
"I didn't know that back when I started this as a plan B, that it would become a plan A," Fehr said. "I love my job. I love my life. I love having freedom and being my own boss."
This section will highlight the unique paths that Chamber members took toward their current jobs and companies. To share your story, e-mail [email protected].
But before that, she was a professional musician, a banjo player who played jazz concerts, cruise ships, conventions and private parties. Fehr said it was a profession she found early.
"I grew up listening to music. My mother was an opera singer and my dad loved jazz. I grew up with music around me. Years and years ago I went to a Shaky's pizza parlor and I saw a banjo player and the banjo just caught my eye. I told my dad I wanted to play the banjo."
In 1964 she moved to Las Vegas and joined "The Mickey Finn Show," a ragtime musical show that started in San Diego. It was an exciting life for someone in their 20s, but she was growing tired of living in Las Vegas and show-to-show.
"After the show closed, I needed to get a real job," said Fehr. She tried her hand at interior design and still played music. Eventually, music won out and she returned to San Diego in the early '80s where she and her first husband formed the South Market Street Jazz band. The band performed at the openings of Seaport Village and Horton Plaza and played harbor cruises and other gigs until the early '90s, when the recession slowed down the music business drastically.
"I was looking for another way to make money and I was introduced to Mary Kay and started using the product," Fehr said. "I was drawn to the story of the company and fell in love with the story of Mary Kay… I really love her dream for women to start training and to be able to move up in the company."
Fehr started as an independent beauty consultant in 1992 and became an independent sales director in 1995.
She recently earned her 10th car, a pink Cadillac SUV, in the company's Career Car Program. The car is her seventh Cadillac in the company's exclusive color.
"I didn't know that back when I started this as a plan B, that it would become a plan A," Fehr said. "I love my job. I love my life. I love having freedom and being my own boss."
This section will highlight the unique paths that Chamber members took toward their current jobs and companies. To share your story, e-mail [email protected].