Marsha Wilder

Marsha W. Wilder was born and raised in Massachusetts where she graduated from Walnut Hill School in Natick. She then went on to Virginia Commonwealth University to study  Occupational Therapy. At the end of her junior year she and Mark W. Wilder wedded on Cape Cod, and then headed back to Richmond to finish College.  While in school she worked part time in a jewelry store, sparking her interest in the jewelry business. After graduation and several years as a Therapist, Mark was transferred to Baltimore and Marsha decided to change her career to the Jewelry Business. Her first job in Baltimore was with Edward Arthur Jewelers as the Assistant Manager of their Golden Ring Mall location. After 16 years, she moved on to Albert Smyth Jewelers where she spent 17 years as a Senior Sales Consultant.

Mark and Marsha have 2 grown sons, one a newly wed and the other soon to be. Both boys are in the computer business, one is a programmer and the other is in the computer security area for the government.