Lisa Carey

At age 12, her coach suggested she should skate with a tall boy at the local rink. “It was such fun. He picked me up and spun me around. People were watching. Three years later, together we became U.S. Junior National Figure Skating Pairs Skating Champions, and by the time I was 17 we were 1976 Olympic alternates in the senior division.”

Lisa stayed in high school through all of this with a rigorous schedule. Up at 4:30am; on the ice by 5:30am; then off to school; back to the ice after school. “I ate, dressed and did homework in the car,” she explains. She repeated this routine day after day.

A talent scout took notice and asked her to skate professionally with a former British Pair Champion with The Ice Follies. “We worked hard to learn each other's techniques. Within three months we were given a starring role. We skated in the Ice Follies for four years and then with Ice Capades for 5½ years. Along the way, we won the U.S. National Professional Championship and brought home a silver medal in the World Professional Championships. Performing in Spain, South Africa, the U.K., and China, among other places, was also a great way to see the world.”

Throughout this time, Lisa was taking UCLA correspondence classes and running marathons. She’s completed four marathons to date, and recently ran in a local 10K to celebrate her 65th birthday!

Career number two:

Lisa interviewed a guest lecturer at UCLA and was so intrigued with the experience that she was hired by the woman shortly thereafter. Thus began her Public Relations career, where she was promoted to General Manager within two years. Ultimately she founded Lisa Carey Public Relations and served many well-known clients including Ice Capades, Harlem Globetrotters, the California Strawberry Festival, Watermelon Festival and most rewarding - the World Championship Figure Skating, a precursor to the Olympics. She proudly has never had to advertise. People came to her as she creatively found ways to connect the community to her clients.

And now enter Judd, her beloved husband of 32 years. They have been blessed with two beautiful daughters, Quinn and Zoe. Lisa happily discovered that she could be a mom and work from a home office.

Yes, career number three: Wife and Mom. 

How successful was, and is she? One glance at the adoring smile on Judd's face says it all

Meanwhile, her PR agency was so successful that she was constantly having to turn down clients. Her PR firm ran for 27 years! A highlight of those years was an acrobat flying over the Hollywood Sign to promote Ringling Brothers Circus!!!! Closer to home, she had our own Dr. James and his “Inner-Views” on TV. And Holland Taylor on KTTV.

Not one to ever rest on her laurels - or rest at all for that matter! - our beautiful Lisa now has a website titled “Intentfully Fit” (having learned the results of setting an intention at GTC). This is a website where women over 50 celebrate their ageless authenticity.

You guessed it: career number four!!! Opening up a conversation about loving where you’re at in life without a number attached, in themes of lifestyle, fitness, nutrition and mindfulness. She credits her skating years for teaching her to “just show up and do it. If you fall you fall, it’s more about getting back up and believing in yourself.”

It is surely no mystery why our dear Lisa Carey was named our “Summer Wonder Woman.” She does indeed “Live by her word” and succeeds beautifully at everything she touches!!