Marnie Wells Bio

Our Program on April 26th was a personal profile provided by Marnie Wells. Marnie joined our club earlier this year, and she works as the CEO of Campfire USA in Minnesota.

Marnie is the younger of two sisters, and was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Her parents divorced, so her childhood was split between the two houses, with her dad living in a condo with a swimming pool. Liviing in Iowa, where  they held the first presidential caucuses, she has seen and heard all of the major candidates for that office when they spoke campaigning in her town. She was a swimmer in high school, and graduated from the University of Minnesota. She appears to be addicted to education, because she has degrees and certificates from a number of regional colleges.

As an adult, Marnie is a weight lifter and a runner. She used to run early in the morning alone but after an intruder invaded her home, she is careful to be accompanied when running - at present she runs only with another runner who has a large dog. She is very competitive and driven to excel, so she is always setting higher goals for herself in her exercise programs as well as in her business life. She has 5 personal traits she listed at the outset of her talk: she is a vegetarian, likes to take naps, is scared of wild turkeys, has never had a dental cavity, and wants to  be a U.S. Senator.

As the director of Campfire USA in Minnesota, she is responsible for Camp Tanadoona, and she is proud of the programs that they have that help improve the lives of city kids. She is married to Ralph Bovard, a medical doctor, and currently lives in South Minneapolis.

Coming Programs:
May 10: Tom Harold, founder of ScyFix
May 17: Kris Boesch, Choose People, LLC
May 24: Greg Hani: eQualtiy - Pathway to Potential
May 31: STRIVE: Scott Dykhoff

(Story by Tad Shaw and photo and posting by Steve Frazier)