My Story

Although "nearly" retired, Barb continues to provide important insights to the firm. She served the Lyon Group in a variety of roles for more than twenty years. She helps us to hold ourselves accountable to our highest ideals as a firm and as team members. Barb has that great combination of "big-picture" perspective and appreciation of the importance of details.

She helped develop many of our procedures around human resources, branding, and consistency. We all rely on Barb for her ability to synthesize ideas and provide honest feedback.

Prior to her employment at The Lyon Group, Barb worked as a Landscape Architect. She holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Idaho and a master’s degree from the University of Illinois.

She is dedicated to both family and community and has served in several community leadership positions throughout the years. She lives in Anderson Township with her husband, Bill.

My Bio

Barb grew up in upstate New York and later moved to North Carolina with her family. Her educational and career pursuits moved her to several other places. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Soil Science at the University of Idaho where she also worked for the US Forestry service. She earned her master’s degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois. She then moved to Philadelphia where she helped design award-winning projects.

Another career move brought her to Cincinnati where a friend told her, "There’s a really nice guy at my church who you should meet." And there was! She and Bill married a few years later. A couple of years after that, she left the Landscape Architecture firm to work together with Bill at The Lyon Group.

Then, a couple of years after that, she found her favorite career as the mother of twin boys. While she remained involved at the Lyon Group, she was a fully engaged Mom. Den Mother, school volunteer, band booster, Sunday school teacher – she did it all. And still does. The boys are grown, so she has more free time to enjoy nature and travel with Bill in her "nearly retired" role.