--- Carolyn Kepcher was born in 1968 in Westchester, New York.
As a teen, Carolyn kept herself busy selling products door-to-door for Avon and captaining her high school volleyball team. By the time she graduated from college, she knew that her drive and ambition could lead to a successful career in business.
She took a job as a waitress at a Manhattan restaurant, and had soon ascended to become manager. By the early '90s, she had taken a job as director of sales and marketing for the Beck Summit Hotel Management Group.
During her time with Beck Summit, Carolyn had to restore a run-down golf club in preparation for a bank auction. This project led to a 1994 meeting with famed developer Donald Trump, whom she advised about the best use for the property. Trump was so impressed that he purchased the course, then hired her to run it.
"I was 25, a woman, and had never run a golf club in my life," she's recalled.
"But since Donald Trump trusted that I could handle it, I trusted myself to handle it."
Carolyn continues to oversee day-to-day operations at the Trump National Golf Clubs, and is helping to develop other courses in New York and California. She currently lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with her husband George and their two young children, Connor and Cassidy.