About Barbara Aide

Barbara is a native  Texan born in Austin although, as an Army “brat”, she travelled around  the U.S. with her family as a child. She is a graduate of the University  of Texas at Austin with a B.A. Degree in Mathematics. She earned her  MBA degree from the University of Dallas at Irving and has a CPA  license. She retired from Mary Kay Inc. after a 31-year career in the IT  department starting as a programmer and finishing as a director.  Barbara has two grown children, Adam and Amanda. 

She first learned to play bridge in the years BC (before children!)  and was hooked. She took a 25 year break from bridge but when the kiddos  started heading off to college she began playing again in 2006. Within a  few months she won her first fraction of a master point and the race  was on. Barbara has always loved card games and numbers. She considers  bridge to be the ultimate card game of all time. It has everything from  strategy to execution, numbers and patterns everywhere, constant  learning and an infinite number of hand combinations. She has amassed a  small library of books on bridge and has them scattered all over her  house so there’s always one to read. One of her favorites is “No Trump  Contracts” by David Bird. Barbara looks forward to getting even more  involved in the wonderful world of bridge!

Barbara is BAND's Club Manager. Barbara is an ACBL Certified Club Director and ACB Certified Teacher.