Meet a Vanderbilt USAC Member: Anita Fox
Anita Fox
What department do you work in and what is your job title?
I am a CSO (Community Service Officer) with VUPD.
How long have you been a Vanderbilt employee?
I started as a third party contract employee via AlliedBarton in 2011. I joined VUPD in 2014.
What has been your career journey to lead you to where you are today?
I retired from the radio industry in 2010. I started training in radio when I was 12, so I had plenty time to explore another career after I retired. My second career interest was law enforcement. I didn’t actually want to be a police officer though. I wanted a position with less paperwork and definitely not so much running. VUPD’s CSO program was a perfect fit.
What do you enjoy most about Vanderbilt? (i.e. missions, benefits, views of sustainability, community, etc.)?
I appreciate the diversity represented within our staff, faculty and students. The acceptance of all walks of life, for the most part, makes Vanderbilt a great place to work and learn about other cultures and ways of life.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
I knew when I was 10 years old I wanted to be on the radio. So I sang and my Mom, honest as honest could be, let me know I would have to be a disc jockey. So that was my dream. I did that for 30 years.
If you could visit any country with no budget, where would you visit?
Australia. I have a fascination with Australia. I go to Kentucky Down Under sometimes just to play with the kangaroos because it is a lot cheaper than going Down Under. That is actually about the only other country I want to go visit. It would be perfect if I could live there during our winter.
What is your favorite type of music?
I learned in my radio career there are only two types of music, good and bad. I prefer the good.
What has been your favorite vacation you have ever been on?
Los Angeles was amazing. It wasn’t actually a vacation, but a working trip that I extended into a vacation. The radio company I was working with at the time was up for two awards and I got to go to LA to represent. I got to walk the red carpet on Sunset Blvd. Both stations won and I got to go on stage and do the acceptance speech. It was so fun. I had an apartment for the week in West Hollywood. I also almost got in trouble with LAPD for stepping a foot on Meg Ryan’s driveway getting a picture.
What are you most proud of in your life thus far?
The fact that both my children grew-up to be amazing beings. They are amazing parents themselves and produced the best grandsons (7th is due in May) I could have ever dreamed of having
*FUN FACTS* I was an extra in the movie A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
When I was 10, I said I am going to live in Nashville one day….
When I was a kid, I said I was going to go to Vanderbilt (I did, just not the way I thought I would back then)
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