About Team Howlett

Meg (aka...the musician): Meg moved to West Lafayette in 8th grade when her father accepted a faculty position at Purdue University. She attended West Lafayette High School for her first two years, and spent the last two years at the North Carolina School of the Arts in North Carolina, where she graduated as a flute major. After attending Indiana University for two years, she decided to head to Philadelphia to play in the Philadelphia Orchestra. The best part of moving to Philadelphia was meeting Eric, who was finishing up his senior year at the University of Pennslyvania.

One of the things that make Team Howlett unique is how much they have moved in their own lives. Both Eric and Meg understand the stress and difficulty involved in relocating. After Philadelphia, the newlyweds were off to Orlando, Fl., where they had their first daugheter, Adriana. Next they were off to Saratoga Spring to spend the next six months. They spent a short stay in Groton, Connecticut, but then it was moving time again. Meg and Eric moved to Washington State, where their second daughter, Lindsey, was born. Three years later it was back across the country to spend the next three years in Boston. After that, it was back to Groton for six months and then back to Washington State for another three years, where the entire time Meg sold real estate with Windermere Real Estate.

After Eric got out of the Navy, they still kept moving. Two years in Michigan, then down to Columbus, IN for 3.5 years. It was in Columbus that Meg was able to finish her undergraduate degree at Indiana University in Germanic Studies. After Columbus, it was across the Atlantic to spend six months in Rome, Italy and two years in Frankfurt, Germany. After returning to the states, the Howlett's lived for a brief time in Kenosha, WI before deciding that "there's no place like home". Meg is thrilled to be back in her home town. She is even more trilled that her husband is right by her side, working with her as a team.

Eric (aka.. the Engineer): Raised in the Northeast (New York, Massachusetts), Eric met Meg in Philadelphia while getting an Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation and marriage in 1984, he was commissioned an officer in the United States Navy and served 11 years in the submarine force. He first served served aboard the USS Henry M Jackson as a junior officer while he and Meg had their 2 daughters, Adriana and Lindsey. Eric later served as Chief Engineer Officer aboard the submarine USS Georgia. While on shore duty teaching Naval Science at MIT / Harvard / Tufts, Eric obtained a Masters of Science in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Focusing on product development, operations, and finance at MIT, Eric graduated with straight A’s, obtained a product patent, and wrote a chapter in a college textbook.

After leaving the Navy in 1995, he worked in a variety of management positions at General Motors, Cummins Engine Company, Dover Corporation, Snap-on Tools and Challenger / Quality Lifts. Through this career, he and Meg moved many times including a overseas move to Italy and Germany. With his experience and expertise in world class customer service, innovation, and operations, Eric is committed to providing our clients with value. Having lived around the USA and traveled the world on business, he was rumored to have turned to Meg five years ago and said “lets make West Lafayette our home for the rest of our lives!” A year later, the house was built and Meg moved home. Four years later, Eric moved home from his apartment in Louisville and joined Meg. Thus, Team Howlett was formed.