About Jayne

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Ms. Cox was born Jayne Arthur D’Alessandro, and was raised in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York.  She is the youngest of two daughters of Frank and Elena D’Alessandro.

While growing up in Long Island, New York, Jayne attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School, in Massapequa Park, Mill Lane Jr. High, then Farmingdale High School. While at Farmingdale High School, she started the Dalerettes Kickline, which is still in existence and has won numerous awards and titles since its formation.   Jayne was offered a  scholastic scholarship to Adelphi University in Garden City, Long Island. She majored in Business Administration, with a concentrated in Travel, Transportation, and Tourism, then completed a minor in Spanish at the University of Seville, in Spain. During her college years, Jayne joined the Jet Set Majorettes Cheering Squad,  which performed at Shea Stadium pre-game and half-time shows for the Jets pro-football team, during the “Joe Namath era”, as she amusingly calls it. 

Upon graduating Adelphi University, Jayne was hired by Northwest Orient Airlines, allowing her to see the world.  One of her most favorite and  inspirational trips was to The Holy Land, Israel. 

After meeting and marrying her husband, Dr. Douglas Cox, a chiropractor from Ohio, they settled in  Charlottesville, Virginia,  and raised their two daughters.
 
Jayne worked as a reservation agent for Northwest Orient Airlines, and a travel agent in Long Island, as well as in Charlottesville, Virginia.  She left the travel industry after 12 years, and became self-employed as an Event Planner and Certified Wedding Consultant under the business name Jayne Arthur & Company. 

Jayne is also a Body-for-LIFE Grand Champion, as she and her husband won  the "couples division" in 2003. She is also an ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor, and presently runs her own women's fitness class, the Bar-"Belles" , in her home town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Bar-Belles Weights Class for Women: Meets at the Covenant School Upper Campus weight room, in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.  Upper and lower body muscle groups.  Weights and mats supplied.  $5 per class.  www.barbelleforever.com.