Background
Vries, Lois Jean de was born on March 14, 1946 in Jersey City. Daughter of Eugene Daniel and Jean Helen (Brzostek) Summerford.
Vries, Lois Jean de was born on March 14, 1946 in Jersey City. Daughter of Eugene Daniel and Jean Helen (Brzostek) Summerford.
Bachelor of Arts in Geology, Rutgers University, 1969.
Special assistant Newark Museum Planetarium, 1967-1973. Laboratory instructor geology Rutgers University, Newark, 1969-1970. Owner, manager Wohali Traders & Reservation Trading Post, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1973-1980.
Microscope product specialist E. Leitz, Inc., Rockleigh, New Jersey, 1980-1982. Marketing representative Tandy, Inc., Pompton Plains, 1982-1984. Associate editor ComSource, Sparta, 1984-1986.
Public relations assistant Horizon Bank, Morristown, 1986-1987. Founder, creative director de Vries Creative Services, Lafayette, 1986-2000. Freelance writer
Public relations director WNNJ-AM-FM, Newton, New Jersey, 1987-1996, creator, producer Strictly Business radio program, 1991-1992.
Counselor Skylands Small Business Development Center, 1988-2000.
Executive director Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council, Newton, New Jersey, 1998-2001. Chair Andover Township Environmental Commission. Member National Association of Female Executives, New Jersey Association Women Business Owners (public relations chairman, program chairman Sussex/Warren chapter 1987-1989, president chapter 1989, member state marketing committee, state officer 1992-1996), Association for Multi-Image Writers Roundtable.
Lodges: Rosicrucians.
Married Robert Douglass White-Eagle, October 1972 (divorced March 1981). Married Dan A. Freed, April 1991.