Here is part of a Q & A with Million Dollar Mary Kay producer, Crisette Ellis…
Freep.com:
She’s first lady of the 6,000-member Greater Grace Temple in
northwest Detroit, and tools around town in her 2008 pink Cadillac
Escalade.Such is the enviable lifestyle of Crisette Ellis, 44, of Bloomfield
Hills — married 19 years to the church’s Bishop Charles H. Ellis III
and a leader in her own right with Mary Kay Inc. One of the Texas-based
cosmetics organization’s 500 national sales directors, she’s achieved
more than $1 million in career sales commissions.QUESTION: Would you please tell us about your early years?
ANSWER:
I’m a Detroiter who was in the first graduating class at Renaissance
High School. My BS degree from Michigan State University is in public
affairs management. I thought I would be Miss Corporate America.Q: What attracted you to Mary Kay?
A:
I took maternity leave in 1994 while I was a program control analyst at
Ford Motor Co. I was six months pregnant and had a 2-year-old daughter,
Kiera, and 20-month-old son, Charles IV. My priorities began to shift.
I didn’t have enough time with my children, but really wanted an
opportunity to use my degree to make my own money. Mary Kay came along
at the right time. I could work Mary Kay around my life.
