WHERE ARE THE NOW? LOUANN DONOVAN
Above, Louann Donovan Hogberg with newborn daughter Ava and husband Eric Hogberg. Right, Donovan competes as the U.S. Championships. Sweet taste of success
’02 junior champ cherishes her skating past by LOIS ELFMAN
It has been an eventful few months for
2002 U.S. junior ladies champion Louann Donovan Hogberg. She gave birth to daughter Ava Penelope on July 7, 2016, and in October began a new job at Ocean Spray as manager of business analytics and insights. Fortunately, figure skating made her most adept at multi- tasking, as well as developing a sense of pride and commitment to everything she does. “Skating gave me the drive to be good at
whatever I take on,” said Donovan Hogberg, 30, who grew up and still lives in the Boston area. “I have the will to learn. Tat all comes from skating and being so focused and dedi- cated to something my whole life. It’s helped prepare me for any challenges.”
Donovan Hogberg’s job entails helping
the company make better decisions on spend- ing its marketing dollars — for example, more digital versus TV. Tey track and examine mar- keting results and evaluate product innovations on the horizon. Another big part is evaluating the business in general, looking at monthly performance and finding ways to improve. Yes, she did get to have her picture taken
in the iconic lake of cranberries, like the ones featured in Ocean Spray TV commercials. “It was awesome; there’s nothing like
it,” Donovan Hogberg said. “We’re standing in the bog. It’s pretty cool. I’ve learned a lot about cranberries lately. Tey grow on a very low-lying vine.
“At harvest time in the fall — I started
there at the perfect time so I got to go in a few bogs — they pour water until they flood it and they get a machine that goes above the vine and loosens them up,” she added. “[When they drop] the berries float up to the surface.” Donovan Hogberg played hockey as a
little kid and switched to figure skating after seeing Nancy Kerrigan in the 1992 Olympic Winter Games. By the time she was 9 or 10, she knew she was in love with the sport. In time, she began working with the same coach- es who took Kerrigan to two Olympic medals, Mary and Evy Scotvold. “My junior title means everything to
me,” Donovan Hogberg said. “Every January, I get nostalgic. It’s one of my biggest accom- plishments aside from my daughter and my husband. It’s definitely something I’ll never forget.”
After her junior title and two years in se- nior ladies, Donovan Hogberg suffered a right
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