Jacqueline Piesen is a common search spelling for Jacquelyne Piesen, who is also publicly known as Jacquelyne Love. She is married to Beach Boys co-founder and lead singer Mike Love, but that relationship is only one part of her documented public life. Reputable sources describe her as a businesswoman, philanthropist, interior designer and fashion designer; Points of Light says she became manager of The Beach Boys and Mike Love in 1998, while a 2025 interview with Mike Love identified her as the person running Club Kokomo Spirits as CEO.
The distinction matters because short online biographies often leave readers with an incomplete picture. The strongest available sources show a career spanning music management, design, business and charitable projects, with public activity documented over several decades.
Jacqueline Piesen or Jacquelyne Piesen?
The first point to clarify is the spelling of her name.
Current reporting from People uses Jacquelyne Piesen, identifying her as Mike Love’s wife. Organizations and businesses connected directly with her work more commonly use Jacquelyne Love. Points of Light, for example, honored “Mike & Jacquelyne Love” in 2023, while Club Kokomo Spirits has also publicly identified her under the Love surname.
For readers arriving through the search term “Jacqueline Piesen,” these references appear to concern the same person. “Jacquelyne” is the spelling consistently found in the stronger recent sources.
Her work with The Beach Boys began long before Club Kokomo
One of the most substantial details missing from many brief profiles of Jacquelyne Love is her role behind the business operation surrounding The Beach Boys.
According to her official 2023 Points of Light honoree profile, Jacquelyne became manager of The Beach Boys and Mike Love in 1998. The organization says her responsibilities covered touring, music publishing, music development, marketing, public relations, merchandise development and Mike Love’s solo recording projects.
That is considerably broader than a ceremonial or occasional involvement with her husband’s career. It placed her across several of the functions required to operate a major touring music brand—from live performances and publicity to publishing and merchandise.
Points of Light also connects her management approach with the band’s charitable activity, saying benefit concerts and other fundraising efforts were incorporated into Beach Boys projects during this period. Because the profile was published in connection with the couple’s 2023 recognition, it is best treated as documentation of her career history rather than proof that she still holds precisely the same management responsibilities in 2026.
Fashion design was a real public-facing part of her career
Jacquelyne’s description as a fashion designer is supported by more than a later biographical label.
Contemporary Associated Press coverage carried by CBS News shows her participating in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami on July 10, 2007. The coverage identifies her as fashion designer Jacquelyne Love and documents a presentation of her Bella Mar Swim Summer ’08 collection.
That contemporary reporting provides useful context for Points of Light’s later description of her as both a fashion and interior designer. Her design work was therefore not simply a retrospective characterization attached to an awards biography; at least part of it had a public commercial presence during the 2000s.
Interior design has also remained part of her public profile. When Mike Love’s longtime Lake Tahoe property was placed on the market in 2026, SFGATE reported that Jacquelyne had played a key role in designing the residence. The property’s listing agent specifically emphasized her attention to detail.
Club Kokomo Spirits added another business role
More recent sources connect Jacquelyne Love with Club Kokomo Spirits, the family-owned spirits company associated with Mike Love and the Beach Boys hit “Kokomo.”
A company-issued announcement published through PRWeb on July 2, 2024 described Mike Love and Jacquelyne Love as co-founders of Club Kokomo Spirits, alongside their son Brian Love in the company’s background information. Because this was a company press release rather than independent reporting, it is most useful as a primary source for how the business itself described her position.
A stronger indication of her operational role came the following year. In an interview published in LEADERS Magazine’s April–June 2025 edition, Mike Love explained the division of responsibilities at Club Kokomo and said Jacquelyne ran the business as CEO, while Brian Love handled day-to-day, brand and product development.
That 2025 statement is specific and directly attributable. It should not, however, automatically be converted into an unqualified claim that she remains CEO in August 2026 without newer confirmation of the company’s leadership structure.
Taken together, the 2024 and 2025 material establishes a clear progression: Club Kokomo publicly called her a co-founder in 2024, and Mike Love described her as running the company as CEO in 2025.
Philanthropy is another major part of her public record
Jacquelyne and Mike Love were named 2023 honorees of the George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards, which recognize civic engagement and sustained service. The awards ceremony took place in Washington, D.C., on October 26, 2023. Points of Light’s official recap again characterized Jacquelyne as a businesswoman, philanthropist, interior designer and fashion designer.
The accompanying honoree profile provides more detail about the couple’s charitable work. Points of Light says their fundraising efforts for WaterHealth International generated more than $500,000 for clean-water access and ultimately supported seven clean-water facilities in India. The profile also describes Jacquelyne’s efforts to connect Beach Boys events and merchandise with charitable fundraising.
Another well-documented example involves Sophie’s Place, a music-therapy facility at Renown Children’s Hospital in Nevada. Renown Health reported that more than 500 donors attended a June 2022 benefit concert featuring The Beach Boys, Mike and Jacquelyne Love, and Steve and Barb Young. The event helped Renown Health Foundation raise $1.2 million toward the Nevada Sophie’s Place facility, which opened in July 2024.
The $1.2 million figure should not be read as a donation made personally by Jacquelyne or the Love family. Renown attributes the fundraising result to the benefit event and its wider donor community.
Her marriage to Mike Love — and what is documented in 2026
Jacquelyne is publicly associated most closely with Mike Love, a founding member and longtime frontman of The Beach Boys. Their relationship continues to be documented by reputable reporting in 2026.
On July 1, 2026, People reported on the listing of Love’s longtime Lake Tahoe estate and described the property at that point as the full-time residence shared by Mike Love and his wife, Jacquelyne Piesen.
SFGATE similarly reported on June 23, 2026 that Mike and Jacquelyne called the Lake Tahoe area home. Its reporting also highlighted Jacquelyne’s role in the home’s design and described the couple’s longstanding connection with the Incline Village community.
Those June and July 2026 articles are useful because they provide genuinely recent evidence rather than requiring older biographies to be treated as though nothing could have changed. They support describing Jacquelyne as Mike Love’s wife as of mid-2026.
What reliable sources do not establish
Some biographical details attached to Jacqueline or Jacquelyne Piesen on lesser-known websites are difficult to trace to strong original sources. In particular, the reliable material reviewed for this article does not provide a sufficiently authoritative basis for stating a precise birth date, age, educational history, personal net worth or other private background details.
Those claims are therefore better omitted than filled in from biography aggregators or repeated estimates. The well-documented public record is already substantial: Jacquelyne has worked in music management, fashion and interior design, helped lead a family business and participated in major charitable initiatives.
Her public identity is consequently more accurately understood as Jacquelyne Piesen/Love, a businesswoman, manager, designer and philanthropist who is also married to Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love. The most recent reputable reporting found for this profile, from June and July 2026, continues to document the couple together, while the clearest recent description of her corporate role dates from Mike Love’s 2025 LEADERS interview.
Sources
- Points of Light — “Mike & Jacquelyne Love,” 2023 honoree profile. Documents Jacquelyne’s professional descriptions, her 1998 management role and clean-water philanthropy. Open source
- Points of Light — “2023 The George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards Recap,” November 13, 2023. Confirms the couple’s 2023 award and Jacquelyne’s professional description. Open source
- LEADERS Magazine — “An Interview with Michael E. Love, Founder, Club Kokomo Spirits,” April–June 2025 edition. Contains Mike Love’s direct description of Jacquelyne’s CEO role. Open source
- Renown Health — “Sophie’s Place … Opens to Inspire Young Song Writers, Singers and Musicians at Renown Children’s Hospital,” July 15, 2024. Documents the 2022 benefit and $1.2 million fundraising result. Open source
- CBS News — “Celebrity Circuit.” Contemporary Associated Press coverage from July 2007 identifying Jacquelyne Love as a fashion designer and documenting her Bella Mar Swim collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami. Open source
- People — “Beach Boys’ Mike Love Lists Stunning Lake Tahoe Estate for $43M,” updated July 1, 2026. Recent reporting identifying Jacquelyne Piesen as Mike Love’s wife and co-resident of the property. Open source
- SFGATE — “Tahoe compound where Beach Boys rock star lived for sale for $43M,” June 23, 2026. Documents the couple’s Lake Tahoe connection and Jacquelyne’s role in the home’s design. Open source
