Marlette – Lisa Kenny

Lisa Kenny is the community development fellow for Marlette and owner of On Target Marketing in Sandusky. A lifelong resident of Sanilac County, Lisa has been part of the business community since she was a child…working in her parents retail clothing stores in Croswell, Sandusky and Bad Axe, and serving on Chambers of Commerce in each town. As a Small Business Development Center Certified Small Business Consultant, she assisted over 300 small business owners with marketing, sales, financing and strategic planning. A lifelong entrepreneur, she started her first business at age 15 to pay for college at Northwood Institute, and has run On Target Marketing since 2004. An avid believer in making her community a better place through volunteering, she is president of Woman’s Life Chapter #867, a founding member of the Sanilac County Humane Society and has helped organize Sandusky’s Thumb Festival for more than 27 years. She is happily married to Scott, has 7 rescue pets and resides on a hobby farm just outside Sandusky.

When asked why she wanted to be Marlette’s Fellow, she said “I’d like to help future generations to enjoy small town living by working with employers, the city, schools and interested citizens to bring in faster internet, much needed housing, new businesses and restaurants and people to fill jobs.”