Woman of the Week – Margaret Strotman

Here at Executive Elements, we like to feature fantastic women we think you should know. Some of these women are clients, some are friends, some are women we’ve only just met. But they all have this in common: they are dynamic, interesting women who have agreed to share with us their insights and secrets to success.

My Name:
Margaret Strotman

My Current Job/Company:
VP, Home Lending Partnership Operations Manager, Huntington Bank

My Birthday:
09/22/65

My Work:
I help mortgage brokers and lenders service their customers by providing loan programs, financing, and operational execution. My team provides support and helps customers achieve their goal of home ownership.

My Passion:
My family, my faith, my community, staying in shape, the Cincinnati Reds, Iowa State University basketball, and traveling

My Family:
Sam (my husband and cheerleader), Andy (Roll Tide-20), Grace (empowered young woman – 17), Tom (still thinks I’m hip – 13)

My Hero or Heroes:
My parents. Married over 50 years, raised me to appreciate God, country, family, service, and hard work. There are no better role models for my kids!

My Escape:
The Big Island of Hawaii – where else can you ski and share a bottle of wine watching the sun set on the beach all in the same day? 

My Pet Peeve:
People who point out a problem yet don’t offer solutions, and drivers in the left lane going 55! Move over!

My Indulgence:
Greaters Ice Cream – Buckeye Blitz.

My Roots:
Effort = Results. Faith is comforting. Be grateful every day. Family first. Friendships evolve but can last a lifetime!

My Future:
Exciting and fulfilling. Goals to achieve

My Favorite Quote:
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.  
-Abraham Lincoln

My Accessory:
Glasses and my mother’s class ring from 1956!

My advice to Young Women:
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
-Lyndon B. Johnson

How I Balance it All:
Exercising first thing helps me feel good all day and reduce stress. The path to yes means no. My husband is the ying to my yang.