About Sydney Sydney Elaine Stabio, born 7/18/1963 in Miles City, Montana. Fourth generation Montanan. Father, Pete, was a high school Math and Computer Science teacher, and gave Sydney her love for sports, math, and spirituality. Mother, Gladys, was a school secretary and wonderful homemaker, teaching Sydney everything from quilting to canning. Pete and now lives in Polson, Montana, and Gladys lives in Great Falls, Montana. Older brother, Mike, and wife, Allison, live in Port Orchard, Washington, with their daughter and son. Younger sister, Ann, and husband, Will, live in Lander Wyoming.    Sydney was philanthropic as a child, and spearheaded a food drive at Thanksgiving in her grade school. Sydney had her first spiritual encounter at age eight, and has been a seeker ever since. She tried every sport imaginable, but found her forte was academics and music. Sydney learned piano, saxophone, and bassoon, and graduated at the top of her class. Sydney married right out of high school, moved with her husband to Ohio, and had two sons. Rodney lives in the Cincinnati area, and has two children, Payton (17) and Blaine (16); these two remarkably beautiful souls have been the ”why” behind Sydney’s efforts for the last 17 years. Nate and wife, Whitney, live in Bend, Oregon, where Nate is a video game artist for Sony.   When the boys were young, Sydney ran a daycare out of her home so she could stay home with them. She attended Sinclair Community College and Wright State University for Undergraduate studies, and the University of Dayton for Master’s studies. Earned degrees in Education and Mechanical Engineering, all with highest honors. She was awarded the Top Freshman Writing Award, the Top Physics I,II, & III Student Award, and the Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Student Award. Was recruited by General Motors in her senior year, and worked in automotive engineering (chassis design) for 11 years.    In 2001, Sydney’s 20-year marriage ended, and she longed to return to Montana. In 2005, Sydney arrived in Missoula with a U-Haul truck and a resume. With no mechanical engineering jobs in town, she eventually convinced a Montana-based investment firm to hire her, right before the Great Recession. She earned her Certified Financial Planner® Certification and is now part of a thriving Wealth Management team of five. Sydney rebuilt her life, made rewarding new connections, volunteered in her community, and found healing from trauma (including the loss of her second marriage) in those 20 years. She gained a beautiful stepdaughter, Kristina, who lives in Myrtle Beach, and they remain close.    Sydney served for nine years on the board of a local children’s shelter, and for six years on a hospital philanthropy board. She now serves as a Director on the board of a privately held community bank. She loves cross-country skiing, biking (road, gravel, and mountain), hiking, trail running, kayaking, gardening, reading, entertaining, meditation, and yoga. One of her soul-renewing places is Glacier National Park, where she and her girlfriends try to get lost each summer.   Albert loves Sydney’s multi-intelligences, spirituality, physicality, energy, empathy for others, and musical sensibilities.    

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