Congratulations to Holiday at Home Grand Marshal for 2023,
Jamie Jarosik
Jamie Jarosik is the Meteorologist for 2 NEWS Today on WDTN, Channel 2 and the Dayton CW channel.
Jamie grew up right here in Kettering, but her career has taken her all over the country. She’s lived and forecasted in Kansas City, Missouri… Helena, Montana… Rockford, Illinois… and Charleston, West Virginia. But Kettering is home! When Jamie and her husband moved back to Kettering in 2006, she went straight into the city’s volunteer office to see how she could give back. She started her volunteer career as the city photographer for a couple of years. She has emceed countless events like the Mayor’s Ball, the Go Fourth! Independence Day celebration, the Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting and the Juneteenth Community Celebration. She has voiced and appeared in many of Kettering’s promotional videos. She is the emcee of the Kettering Noon Optimists Divas Day Out, and has donated her time to the Kettering Police Foundation’s Dancing with the Stars fundraising event. Jamie is a 2009 graduate of the Kettering Leadership Program and has served on the City of Kettering’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Advisory Board for 15 years. Academically, Jamie is a 1994 Fairmont graduate who then attended Ohio University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism. She studied meteorology through Mississippi State University, completing the Broadcast Meteorology Program.
In January 2003, Jamie was voted “Favorite Weather Personality” in a Dayton Daily News Reader’s Poll. She again won this distinction through a social media contest in February 2016. Jamie was honored with the Dayton Business Journal “40 Under 40” award in March 2016. Jamie is a breast cancer survivor and advocate for educating people on the importance of self-checks and mammograms. Jamie and her husband, Ken, have three children in three different Kettering schools, which also keeps her busy! Jamie truly believes Kettering is the best hometown, and that Holiday at Home is the best weekend of the year!
PAST GRAND MARSHALS
1966 BG Glen McClernon
1967 Dr. G. Douglas Talbott
1968 James McConnaughey
1969 Vic Cassano
1970 John Shyrock
1971 Jack Wymer
1972 Cal Mayne
1973 Clark Haines
1974 Dwight L. Barnes
1975 Dr. Kenneth Arn
1976 Paul Shartle
1977 Chester Roush
1978 Don Williams
1979 G. Harold Bayless
1980 James Widman
1981 Glendora Hipple
1982 Urban Goecke
1983 Vernon “Skip” Lowe
1984 George Lehman
1985 Mack Hummon
1986 Charles Lathrem
1987 Melba Hunt
1988 Ervin Welch
1989 Robert & Marie Kilroy
1990 Dale & Virginia Kress
1991 Roger & Nancy List
1993 Roger Bauser
1992 Leigh & Sally Groby
1994 Al Jordan
1995 Jerry Barnett
1996 Walter Pettit
1997 Vince Chalecki
1998 Carolyn Wittmann
1999 Justin Stachler
2000 Tony Huesman
2001 Dick & Marcia Hartmann
2002 Kay Riordan
2003 Bill Mercer
2004 Jim Trent
2005 Bernie Wannamacher
2006 Bill & Marynel Bradley
2007 Jim Coleman
2008 George Bayless
2009 Pam Cochran
2010 Charles Goodwin
2011 Marilou Smith
2012 Don Parker
2013 Bob Ellis
2014 Charlie & Jackie Hazell
2015 Charles Schuerholz
2016 Jack & Arlene Akerman
2017 Frank Spolrich
2018 Neil & Willa Jean Smalley
2019 Jim Berlon
2021 Bob & Christy Montavon
2022 Dave Nogle