Kristi has been a Northmont resident her entire life. Kristi’s mother, Patty Burkett, was a lifelong dedicated T-Bolt. Patty worked at the high school from 1977-2016. Kristi started her T-Bolt life at Northmoor and then graduated in 1984. She was in the Marching and Symphonic bands all through high school playing the baritone. Kristi graduated from Anderson University in 1988 with a degree in Communications. She started working at WHIO/WHKO in 1989 and then moved around a little at stations like WING, WFCJ and then in 1991 on to Mix 107.7, where she started on the Morning Show. From 1992-1997 she worked at Channel 45, WRGT, as the evening news update anchor and also continued doing the morning show on Mix 107.7 with several different co-hosts including Bob Sweeney and Jeff Stevens. She has been voted Dayton’s favorite female personality by the Dayton Daily News three times. She has also received the Friend of the Media award from the Better Business Bureau. Kristi won two listener based contests and was sent to Vancouver twice to appear as a guest on the TV shows Stargate Atlantis and Life Unexpected. For the past 32 years Kristi has been getting up at 4 a.m. to entertain and inform the Miami Valley. Over her years in the Northmont community, Kristi has donated prizes to the Northmont After Prom, served as Emcee at band premieres and contests, volunteered for the Northmont Education Foundation, Relay for Life, Northmont Alumni Band, Ronald McDonald House, and promoted Northmont on the air frequently. In between radio jobs, Kristi Leigh served as a substitute teacher at Northmont Middle School and the high school from 1988 - 1991. Kristi met her husband John at a radio remote. John heard her on the air asking people to come and see her at the Taste of the Miami Valley. He did, they got married, and they raised their two sons Evan and Kellan in the Northmont district. Evan and Kellan are both successful Northmont graduates. Kristi loved being a dedicated band parent, working the concession stand and putting in many hours working the mattress sales and also being a Northmont T-Bolt!