Brenda D. Keene is from southwest Virginia. She is the daughter of Joshua and Margaret, whose lives continue through her brothers, her sisters, and their children and grandchildren-a rich legacy she thanks God for. She graduated from East Tennessee State University and had career stops in athletics at East Tennessee State, North Carolina State (twenty-eight years), Illinois State, Columbia University, and Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The greatest decision in her life was choosing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.