Do you know? Amanda Bunting Comen
By Edward Fennell of The Post and Courier Staff
Originally published on 10/27
/2005

BORN: Nov. 13, 1979, in Lawton, Okla.

 

RESIDENCE: West Ashley.

 

OCCUPATION: Program coordinator, Center for Women, West Ashley.

 

FAMILY: Husband, Kyle Comen; dog, Nikkie; parents, Michael and Linda Bunting; sister, Heather Bunting.

 

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in sociology and minor in women's studies from the College of Charleston.

 

THE MOST FULFILLING ASPECT OF MY JOB: Helping women succeed every day.

 

NICKNAME: Diva of Details.

 

WORDS THAT BEST DESCRIBE ME: Realistic, practical, organized, compassionate and appreciative.

 

THING I DO IN MY SPARE TIME: Watch movies.

 

A CELEBRITY I WOULD LOVE TO MEET: Hillary Rodham Clinton.

 

A CELEBRITY I HAVE MET: Kristin Davis from "Sex and The City."

 

FAVORITE TV SHOW: "The Amazing Race."

 

FIRST JOB: Coupon girl for grocery

stores.

 

PET PEEVES: Loud music, slow drivers, talking during movies and cell phones ringing in meetings.

 

FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Spending the summers with my grandparents.

 

SOMETHING I DO THAT IS SILLY BUT FUN: I love to play Uno with friends.

A TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTION I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT: e-mail!

 

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WANTED TO BE: A veterinarian.

 

SOMETHING WEST ASHLEY NEEDS: More restaurants.

 

HOW I MET MY SPOUSE: We first met in after-school detention in high school, then later through a mutual friend.

 

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WHICH I AM MOST PROUD: The Center for Women was given the 2005 Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management by the S.C. Association of Nonprofit Organizations.

 

IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT THE WORLD TODAY: End the war in Iraq.

 

INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MYSELF: I am an Army brat.

 

THE FIRST THING I NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE: What they are wearing.

 

FAVORITE LOCAL PLACE TO EAT: California Dreaming.

 

ONE THING I MUST HAVE IN MY FRIDGE AT ALL TIMES: Pickles.

 

TALENTS/HOBBIES: I love to work with Web sites.

 

FAVORITE BOOKS: Anything by John Grisham and Nicholas Sparks.

 

FAVORITE COLOR AND WHY: Green, because it's the color of luck and money! 

WORST HABIT: Cracking my knuckles.

MY PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE: Everything happens for a reason.


 
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