Miss Jeanie, founder and director of Smart Start Music has been a licensed Kindermusik educator since 1996.  With a background in piano and children's music, for many years she served as a "Mentor" for Kindermusik International and has trained hundreds of new Kindermusik educators worldwide.  She was the president of KEA (Kindermusik Educators Assoc), the international Kindermusik teacher's organization, from 2003 - 2005. She has had one of the largest Kindermusik programs in the world since 2007.  Her 2022-23 Maestro status, top 1% of all educators worldwide, has her placed as 11th largest program in the US, and 15th largest Kindermusik program in the entire world!

She has three grown children, six grandchildren, and has been married to her best friend Mark, forever :-).  Her greatest passion is sharing her love of music with the children who come to her classes each week!