• Name: Paula Wilton
• Title: Executive Assistant to Lisa Lakeman, CFO
• Hometown: Cincinnati
• Current home: Cincinnati
•  Favorite local hangout: Cincinnati Art Museum

A combination of both math-minded and artistic, Paula Wilton spends her life walking the line between the analytical and creative. The pursuit of balance is her zone, and she has done it well—few people can move so easily from left-brain to right-brain tasks and perform well. But for Paula, jumping from spreadsheets to painting murals is all in a day’s work.  

In the early days of her career, after earning her degree in graphic design, Paula worked as Donor Research Coordinator for the Cincinnati Art Museum, a job where she discovered her love of numbers while preparing financial reports for the Board of Directors. The position at the art museum was the perfect balance of number-crunching mixed with creative stimulation.  

“I absolutely loved the fact that I was surrounded by art! I would take afternoon walks through the galleries to clear my head. I could satisfy both sides of my mind—the mathematical and the creative. It was the best of both worlds.”  

Paula took a career break from the museum after her second child, returning to work later part-time for a family-owned wine business in Anderson Township, Wine World. There she went back to her creative roots by designing displays, gift baskets, and creating monthly newsletters—but her love of accounting held strong and eventually she took over as bookkeeper for the store as well.  

Later Paula desired a full-time position, which led her to Sibcy Cline. Paula’s rich career and life experiences made her exactly the right fit among the well-rounded and varied backgrounds of Sibcy Cline employees. “I enjoy working for a family-owned company and it truly feels like one big family,” says Paula.  

Since her start at Sibcy Cline 6 years ago, Paula has embraced the opportunity to dive deeper into the world of accounting and hone her skills. “I enjoy a variety of tasks. While everything runs on a cycle in accounting, each day still brings new challenges and opportunities to learn,” she says.  

And for Paula, the learning doesn’t stop at 5 o’clock. She’s still active in a wide variety of creative pursuits. Her biggest love right now? Rehabbing a home out in Felicity with her boyfriend. “It’s a lot of work, but I know it will be well worth it when we are sitting in our home and looking around, knowing we did it all ourselves,” she says. Despite all the time and effort it takes to gut and rehab a house, Paula manages to squeeze in some relaxation, “I love to read out on our balcony, overlooking the river.”