America’s Most Captivating Couples 2008
Newton, Massachusetts
Jennifer Chrisler, 37, Executive Director, Family Equality Council
Cheryl Jaques, 45, Lawyer, Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten
Jennifer and Cheryl met almost 15 years ago when Jennifer got involved in Cheryl’s campaign for state senate. They were friends for five years before they started dating. As the Executive Director of the Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride), Jennifer fights for the rights of all loving families, regardless of blood relation or sexual orientation. In addition to being a lawyer, Cheryl is the former head of the Human Rights Campaign. They are the proud parents of two sons, Tom and Tim, age five. “We love spending time with our kids, playing checkers, go fish and Connect Four. For gown-up fun, we love going to estate sales to find treasures, and taking long walks together,” says Jennifer. Their secret: “We try to remember to attack our problems instead of each other. Whenever we face adversity in our lives, we remain focused on what we are trying to solve instead of getting angry with each other about the situation we’re in. It also helps to have a good sense of humor, and to laugh together often.”
The results are in! After a grueling selection process, we’ve skimmed the sweet cream off this year’s batch of entries and whipped it into GO’s most captivating couples of 2008. Many more couples coming soon!
Cindy & Amy
Pueblo West, Colorado
Cindy Coe, “Doin’ fine at 39,” Vice President of Learning and Development,
InsideOut Discovery, Author, Executive Coach
Dr. Amy Zehnder, “Forever young at 41,” President of InsideOut Discovery, Author
“I’m the fun one!” says Amy. “I’m the interesting one!” says Cindy. How
they met: “She used to work for me,” says Amy. “Yep, and I was her
favorite,” says Cindy. “We had to ditch the husbands first,” they both
agree. Together, they live by a code: “The lesbian who dies with the most
toys, wins!” Cindy and Amy are into motocross, water skiing, kayaking,
snow shoeing, winter camping, and sand dune jumping. Their number one
guiding principal: “Kiss for at least five minutes per day! All you need
is love – each other, our neighbors, our friends and family members,
sometimes strangers and people like you – whoever is reading this now! That’s what it’s all about.”
