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 Cindi
Allen Graesser grew up in Richmond and in the news business.
Her first job was delivering the Richmond News Leader
to homes in her Sandston, Va. neighborhood—working
for her older brother for 25 cents for the entire morning
delivery. This peaked her entrepreneurial interests
early. Cindi's father was lead pressman of commercial
printing at Reynolds Metals and printed the Sunday Richmond
Times-Dispatch on weekends. In high school, she excelled
in social skills (not social studies) and graduated
in 1975 much to the relief of her worried parents. When
this late bloomer was shocked to discover she was not
welcome at any school of her choice, she refused to
give up (a skill that would come in handy later in life)
and went on to receive an associate's degree in liberal
arts from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in
Richmond. She transferred as a junior to Virginia Commonwealth
University and graduated in 1979 with a B.S. degree
in mass communications.
Writing and asking questions had been
a ribbon that ran throughout her life and journalism
was a perfect fit. Her career began in marketing and
public relations at a downtown bank headquarters (now
part of Wachovia) and evolved to a position at Virginia
Commonwealth University as a public information officer
for the university and MCV campus and editor of the
university's faculty/staff newspaper, VCU Today.
Later, as a freelance writer for the Richmond
News Leader special sections and as a staff writer and
editor for Richmond Suburban Newspapers and its string
of weekly, Cindi retired for one year. Well, actually
she was laid off—during the last recession in
1990. What's a girl to do? She started Innsbrook Today
Magazine in 1991 and the rest, as they say, is history.
Cindi loves God, her family and friends. She's a member
of the Innsbrook Rotary Club and the Autism Society
of America/Central Virginia Chapter.
Cindi enjoys Meals on Wheels and other community service
projects of her Rotary Club and spending time with her
two boys. Swimming, reading, traveling, the outdoors
and spending time with family fill her life with joy.
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