Ginger Doyel is a fourth generation Annapolitan. She received a B.A. in Leadership Studies from the University of Richmond (www.richmond.edu) in 2001, graduating first in her class from the University's Jepson School of Leadership Studies that year. While at Richmond, she also founded and captained the University's first women's golf team.

Upon graduating, Ginger served as a Research Fellow for the Pew Partnership for Civic Change in Charlottesville, Virginia. While in Charlottesville she also founded the business Art Fore Golfers, and in doing so, created original golf art for clients along the East Coast.

In 2002, Ginger returned to Annapolis, where she is an author and artist. She has written Annapolis Vignettes ; Gone to Market: The Annapolis Market House, 1698-2005 ; illustrated seven books; and is currently writing a book about The Annapolitan Club's history, which will be published in early 2006. She also contributes to The Capital newspaper (her history column has won two Historic Annapolis Foundation Preservation Awards) and several magazines. Articles about her work have appeared in the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun; she was also chosen as one of What's Up? Annapolis magazine's “Most Eligible Singles” for 2005. She lives in Annapolis's Historic District near her parents, grandparents, and sister, Cathleen, who attends Georgetown University.

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