Ting W. Bresnahan

Ting Bresnahan

Ting grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to Virginia to become a Wahoo.After graduating from the University of Virginia, she lived in Washington, D.C. and worked for nearly 5 years as an Information Technology consultant.After getting married, she moved to Richmond, where she lives now and is a graphic designer / event planner for the Children's Museum of Richmond.She is also very involved in the community - named one of Style Weekly's 2005 Top 40 Under 40 - and also sits on the Junior League of Richmond Board of Directors, the SPCA Associate Board and the SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) Board of Young Professionals.Ting is also an ultra marathoner (and sponsored athlete by Amino Vital).Her longest race is 150 miles over 7 days through the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Ting W. Bresnahan, 29
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After five years of flying, Ting Bresnahan was tired.Her job in information-technology consulting meant she flew away each Monday and returned home, exhausted, each Thursday."I never see my husband, I never see the city, I can never work on the house," Bresnahan realized, soon after she moved to Richmond two years ago.So she decided to start again, this time in a profession that engaged her creative side.She took an unpaid volunteer position as a graphic designer for the Children's Museum of Richmond, despite friends' warnings that volunteer work would never lead to a full-time job.In Bresnahan's case, it did.Now she's in charge of in-house promotional materials for the museum.From her office, she says, "I can hear kids screaming that they don't want to go home."Bresnahan also manages fund-raising for the Junior League of Richmond, runs with the Navy SEAL fitness team, and designs and sells vintage-inspired baby wear for the company she co-founded, The Paisley Kerchief.

New officers for the Junior League of Richmond are: president, Mary Catharine Ginn Kolbert with Ginn & Kolbert and Jefferson Jones Realtors Inc.; president elect, Kathleen Demro with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services; communications vice presidents, Julie Ann Wash with Kiki Collection & Design; community vice president, Debbie Gill with IBM; finance vice president, Amanda Williamson with Wachovia Securities; membership vice president, Terri Quinlan, community volunteer; resource development vice president, Ting Bresnahan with the Children's Museum of Richmond; and sustainer vice president, Genie Roper, community volunteer.