Background
Gishler, Dara L. was born on May 29, 1953 in Kalamazoo. Daughter of Otis Edson Junior and Mary O. (Hatfield) Bevins.
Gishler, Dara L. was born on May 29, 1953 in Kalamazoo. Daughter of Otis Edson Junior and Mary O. (Hatfield) Bevins.
Bachelor of Science in Professional aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1978. Master of Business Administration in Management, Western Michigan University, 1988. Master of Arts in Communication, Western Michigan University, 1989.
News reporter, announcer Station WJIM, Lansing, Michigan, 1973-1974, Station WVIC, Lansing, 1974-1975. Air traffic controller Federal Aviation Administration, Wichita, Kansas, 1979-1981. Service representative Kalamazoo Fire Equipment division Vanguard Fire & Supply Company, 1982-1985.
Owner, vice president Northern Light Industries, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1983-1986. Machine operator Master Craft, 1985-1987. Personnel manager Summit Polymers, Inc., 1987-1988.
Marketing manager Three Rivers Chamber of Commerce, since 1989.
Member various committees Kalamazoo Women's Festival, l983—. Campaign worker Republican Mary Brown, Kalamazoo, l986. Member marketing committee Planned Parenthood, Kalamazoo, l987-88.
With United States Army, l975-79, sergeant Michigan ANG, since 1988. Member American Society for Training and Development (communications committee Kalamazoo l986—), Kalamazoo Network (features editor newsletter l982—), Western Michigan University Alumni Association, Mount Holyoke College Club (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Married Robert L. Gishler, June 7, 1989.