The Chesapeake resident has worked for TCC for almost 29 years. She started as a Records Office clerk and now has worked, at one time or another, at every TCC campus. The help takes the form of grants, loans, scholarships or work-study arrangements. Koonce is a TCC graduate who went on to Old Dominion University where she earned a Bachelor's degree in business administration and a Master's in higher education administration. Her father was a master sergeant who ran officers' clubs.
Mom is into chauffeuring.