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CORNER CUBICLENothing is more rewarding for everyone at Women For Hire than receiving word about successful hires as a result of our events. We are equally as excited when we hear that nuggets of information from our website, seminars and books have helped countless women nab the positions, promotions and pay they sought.

While the majority of our efforts target college-educated, professional women, we’ve also met many wonderful people at the other end of the spectrum who are just as eager to tap into our services. We’ve formed the Women For Hire Foundation to specifically serve displaced homemakers and low-income women by helping them to realize their career potential.

Whether it’s traveling to areas of crisis—as we did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—or reaching out to troubled women—as we did during a visit to the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, the Women For Hire Foundation offers information and inspiration to assist women with skills training and job placement at pivotal moments to put them on a path to financial freedom and independence.

Additional on-going outreach includes the advice, leads and resources we offer every day to women who connect with us for help because of something they’ve seen on one of my segments on ABC’s Good Morning America. A recent series focused on legiti-mate home-based employment opportunities for people who can’t work outside of their homes because of physical or emotional challenges and for those who crave flexible options to accommodate child and elder-care responsibilities. The outcome: more than a thousand people are now making money on their time as a direct result of that reporting.

Countless other viewers turned to us for more assistance, and it’s the work of the Women For Hire Foundation to respond to those inquiries with meaningful direction to help these women get hired. As a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, the Women For Hire Foundation relies on the support of individuals who value the benefit of our work. While we will donate a portion of annual revenue from Women For Hire events and services, it is our great-est desire that the bulk of funding come through a grassroots effort. If you believe in empowering women’s career development, please consider making an online donation at womenforhire.com today. No amount is too small—even $5 or $10 can go toward making a big difference.

With your help, together we can do great things through the Women For Hire Founda-tion to empower all women to achieve their career best.

Thank you for your interest and support.

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�5 Dare To Shine! Women For Hire shines the spotlight on 25 great women at work.

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Pamela Nicholson: Loyal LeaderMaureen Crawford Hentz: Top TalentCarolyn Turknett: Living EthicallyKate Frucher: Leading LawyerKim Houlne: Perfect BalanceWendy Hambleton:Partnering with IntegrityCheryl Dorrell: A Name for HerselfRenee West: Gambling on Diversity

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Barbara Bowman: Chief Care Giver

Nancy Wonnell: Mother In Law

Dr. Kathleen Hall: Stress Buster

Amie Chilson: Wise Investor

Amy Scott: Friendly Mentor

Michele Wong: Sharing the Wealth

Mary Wayman: Time Keeper

Liz Ryan: Dot Com Doyenne

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Ingrid Watkins: Always On the Move

Noreen Heron: Big Cheese

Linda Hall: Wise Winner

JJ Ramberg: Searching For Success

Kumu Gupta: Technically Serving

Erin Fuller: Women Mean Business

Jeanne Fitzmaurice: Stylish Crusader

Sabira Alloo: Cultural Activist

Shondale Bostick: Partner in Compassion

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BOOK SHELFNo bookshelf is complete without at least one of our books. If you’re just starting out or looking for a new position, Women For Hire: The Ultimate Guide to Getting a Job is the perfect compan-ion to support your search.

For those who want tactics and strategies to advance on the job, grab a copy of Women For Hire’s Get-Ahead Guide to Career Success. It’s filled with time-tested tips and tricks to help you figure out what you want and how to get it.

And the most recent addition to the stable, Take This Book to Work: How to Ask For (And Get) Money, Fulfillment and Advancement, lives up to the title’s promise. You’ll learn how to ask for more than 70-something things—a promotion, less responsibility, a flexible work arrangement, a referral, candid advice, special perks and much more.

All three books are available online at Amazon.com or in your favorite local bookseller.

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2007 WOMEN FOR HIRE CAREER EXPOSJoin us this year at the Women For Hire career expo near you. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a graduating college student, our one-day events are your ideal chance to launch or advance your career. Meet recruiters who are the front-line decision makers to help you get your foot in the door. Hear about their exceptional career opportunities and learn how you can join their teams.

These events are also the best chance to meet other dynamic women. Together you can trade tips, resources and encouragement.

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Register now to join Women For Hire CEO Tory Johnson for a ninety-minute seminar prior to the start of each expo. From 8:30am to 10:00am she’ll share her career experi-ences and candid advice for your advancement. You’ll meet other great women and receive priority admittance to the event.

Since space is limited for each session, advance online registration is required. Visit womenforhire.com and click on the city of your choice.

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we can’t say it enough: peo-ple are your best sources of information and inspiration to empower your career development. Create your free account today by going to network.womenforhire.com where you’ll be able to upload your photo, express your professional goals, seek and offer advice, post local and national events, and chat with new friends. Think of it as MySpace specifically for professional women.

Since CEO Tory Johnson frequently scrolls the posts to add her advice and com-ments, this is a great way to tap into her knowledge and connections too.

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When Carolyn Slaski and her husband had their first child, she wanted more time with her family. Ernst & Young knew the value of Carolyn’s contribution and supported her desire to work on a flexible work arrangement for several years. Today, Carolyn is a partner with three sons and a dynamic career that has included a global assignment. Working full-time, Carolyn has the flexibility she needs to succeed personally and professionally. She knows how to put her priorities first … just like Ernst & Young puts its people first. ey.com/us/careers

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Follow it right to Dell. And prepare for a challenge

like never before. Here, we're always changing.

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We're inspired individuals, working together,

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Watch for Workplace Contributor Tory Johnson on ABC’s Good Morning America where she frequently provides advice on a wide range of career-related topics. Beyond that, since keeping abreast of the latest news and top trends is wise for everyone in the workplace, tune-in to GMA Monday through Friday from 7am to 9am. It’s the best source for everything you need to know to get your day started.

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LearnWith Us Much of the support that we provide is through our national conference, local chapters, website (www.mbawomen.org) and Woman MBA magazine.The national conference features panels and workshops of particular interest to female professionals,as well as high visibility keynote speakers. Our local chapters often have events geared toward careeradvancement and professional development. The website and magazine fulfill important roles inaddressing many of the issues and opportunities presented to professional women.

Interview WithUs Not really us, but the over fifty companies who haverecruiting partnerships with us. You can contact them in person, at the National Conference, or online,at our Career Center.

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Are we really supposed to believe that being ultra organized and efficient with our time isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman say yes. And in their new book, A Perfect Mess (Little, Brown and Company), they offer what they believe to be highly overrated habits of time management. You be the judge after reading this special excerpt.

Being focused: By zeroing in on specific goals and maintaining consistent habits designed to achieve them, time manage-ment orthodoxy tells us we will avoid distractions that delay our progress. But what happens if after years of focus and consistency, you discover you’ve picked the wrong goals? How do you know that the things you are excluding from your life as time wasters are really time wasters if you’re excluding them from your life?

People tend to get trapped in “habit webs.” When they try to affect an important, use-ful change, they find they’re stuck tight. But if they snip away at individual, thin, supporting strands of the web, the web can be loosened enough to permit more important change. New behaviors lead to new experiences and to new thinking.

Randomly varying easy-to-change habits not only helps people to become better managers, but also to lose weight or repair relationships with spouses and children.

Sticking to a schedule: A strict schedule is a great idea, assuming you can precisely anticipate every turn of events that will take place over the course of the schedule and correctly guess what you and those who influence you will think and feel about everything that goes on moment to moment. Otherwise, build-ing in some flexibility may be a good idea. Tight schedules are brittle: if one item is thrown off, the entire remainder of the schedule may be out of whack. Also, some people will need to exert more effort setting up a schedule than they could possibly make up by having that carefully crafted plan.

Longer-term planning: With the U.S. di-vorce rate hovering around 50 percent, and the career-changing bible What Color Is Your Parachute? now well into its fourth decade of bestseller-hood, it’s not hard to conclude that people are often kidding themselves when they think they’re ca-pable of making decisions that will seem wise five years from now.

Getting it done now: Procrastination isn’t always a bad thing. For starters, it can keep you from working on tasks that ultimately turn out to be less important than you thought. In fact, putting off undertaking almost any form of neatening or organizing will likely have some ad-vantage, because it’s much more efficient to organize a large set of things at one shot than it is to try and organize them in pieces as they come along.

Office Managers: Tell Us About Your Real Job

Whether it’s counseling coworkers, plan-ning last-minute birthday celebrations, or chauffeuring the boss to the airport, today’s small business office manager is increasingly performing more colorful and complex roles at work.

Staples Inc. wants to know about all of your many roles, so the company has created the “My Real Job” sweepstakes to give small business office managers a voice and the chance to describe what it is you really do every day for your business.

Visit www.staples.com/myrealjob to com-plete a simple online form detailing your typical routine as a small business office manager. Your submission will produce an instant salary calculation for your Real Job as described by the answers you pro-vide. Creative and humorous entries are encouraged.

“Office managers at small businesses deserve to be recognized because they juggle so many important tasks every single day,” said John Giusti, vice president of Staples Business Delivery, a division of the office-supply company focused on serving small businesses and home offices. “Our aim with ‘My Real Job’ is to give

these office managers a voice, and the op-portunity to have some fun with their job descriptions.”

At the end of the submission period, three lucky participants’ lives will suddenly get a little easier through winning prizes selected to honor the extremely busy and often-underappreciated office managers that hold small businesses together.

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You Listen to Me!We’ve all been irked by poor customer service or sales people who act as though they’d rather be anywhere but on the job. You know, the people who treat us—the customer or client—like they’re doing us a favor by taking our order or ringing up our sale. They show little to no appreciation for us. All they want is our patronage.

Steve Kehela, president of ImprovFor-Excellence.com, sees those folks as his greatest challenge and he’s built a busi-ness on breaking their bad communication skills. As an improv expert, he conducts workshops designed to help companies in-crease sales and improve their productivity by perfecting their employees’ listening skills. Inevitably, he says, at the end of these popular sessions, every participant

recognizes that his or her willingness to listen to others needs dramatic improvement and they’re eager to make changes to modify their behavior.

It’s not just those people who could use some help. All of us are guilty in brushing off anyone who doesn’t excite us. “Be honest. How often would you say that you begin to tune-out during a conversation once you’ve decided that you know where the person is headed,” asks Kehela. “I bet it’s quite often.”

Kehela says it’s a dangerous habit because we miss important information. Information that might be the difference between people feeling that they were really being heard or left assuming you weren’t really listening to them at all.

The trouble, he says, of always being in a rush and not being polite and patient enough to hear someone out ranges from losing business to souring relationships. When a car salesman or a sales clerk fails to listen to what you want, and instead tries to push what they want to sell, most of us walk away without opening our wal-lets. Similarly, we end friendships when we believe that the other party doesn’t hear what we have to say.

Kehela says one simple solution is to wait for the other person to finish his or her entire statement before you begin to for-mulate a response. This doesn’t just mean waiting to speak until they’ve stopped. It means not even thinking about what you want to blurt out until they’ve finished. Then take a second or two to reflect and respond. Good advice for all of us to consciously follow.

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We’re ashamed to say at any given time in our office, someone is cursing. We’re not talking about colorful outbursts at each other. Yet our conversations are some-times littered with the nonchalant use of expletives like the word sh*t. That didn’t seem like such a big deal until we received a copy of Cuss Control: The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cursing by James O’Connor.

O’Connor says swearing corrupts the English language because it lacks imagi-nation and neglects more meaningful words. It’s abrasive and lazy, too. If you cut your cussing—which he offers help with at cusscontrol.com—a bevy of benefits await you.

There’s a good chance that you will: • Sound more intelligent• Communicate more clearly• Be more pleasant• Have greater control of your emotions• Avoid offending others• Earn more respect• Improve your relationships• Avoid conflict and hostility• Be a happy person• Contribute to a better society

The good news, according to O’Connor, is that anyone who wants to stop swear-ing can do so with relative ease if you put your mind to it. Pin his top list to your refrigerator, keep it on your desk, and stick a copy in your purse.

�. Recognize that swearing does damage.2. Start by eliminating casual swearing.3. Think positively.4. Practice being patient.5. Cope, don’t cuss.6. Stop complaining.7. Use alternative words.8. Make your point politely.9. Think of what you should have said.�0. Work at it. We’re sold. And we’ll swear—the good kind—on it.

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IN THE SpOTLIgHT

We’re surrounded by people in the spotlight who are doing really great things—award-winning actresses turned philanthropists, record-breaking politicians forging new paths for women, celebrity musicians beating cancer and raising funds for the killer disease.

But what about the women we don’t see in front of flashbulbs and television crews, the women whose names aren’t splashed across headlines? Even though they aren’t top of mind with most of us, there are countless ordinary women who are doing extraordinary things every day.

Get ready for your close up, ladies.

On the following pages, you’ll meet some of the women we think deserve celebra-tion. We will introduce you to a mother stricken with cancer who started a million dollar business helping college students

graduate in four years because she discov-ered a new appreciation for precious time. There are women who not only manage demanding careers and family life, but still make time for worthy causes. Others are proof that loyalty and longevity with an employer need not be a thing of the past.

You don’t have to find a cure for AIDS or put an end to homelessness and pov-erty across the globe to make your mark. Plenty of men and women are working toward those goals. For the rest of us, we can bring about positive change and influence in ways big and small—on our own terms.

We encourage you to find your own place in the spotlight. Whether it’s lending an ear to the troubled colleague in the next cubicle, speaking up for those without a voice or spending a Saturday volunteering instead of shopping, there are endless opportunities to make your mark.

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She’s living proof that the right mix of determination, perseverance and loyalty can be leveraged for major success within an organization.

Her title stands alone, but her humble beginnings tell the whole story. Starting at Enterprise Rent-A-Car as a Management Trainee shortly after graduating from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1981, Nicholson spent the next 25 years steadily climbing the corporate ladder. Today she oversees the operations of the whole com-pany as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

As she’s grown professionally, the com-pany has too. Enterprise was a regional rental car company with only 10,000 vehicles in service; and as one of the company’s top performers throughout her career, she has been essential in helping Enterprise achieve its tremendous success and growth. Today it is the largest rental car company in North America with more

than 850,000 vehicles, Enterprise Fleet Services, Car Sales and Rent-A-Truck Divisions.

Only the third COO in Enterprise’s history, a company now celebrating its 50th year, Nicholson stands out as a woman in a very male-dominated industry, the automotive business. Because she started her career at the rental counter, and has held nearly every position in between—from Assistant Branch Manager to Branch Manager to Area Manager, Regional VP and Corpo-rate VP—she has a very down-to-earth approach with the employees she interacts with and appreciates their responsibilities. They too value her because she’s been there and done it.

Nicholson of all people knows that mu-tual respect is essential. After all, given Enterprise’s long tradition of promoting within, the counter clerk today could be the big boss in the future.

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Even though she is the manager of tal-ent acquisition for Osram Sylvania, one of the world’s leading lighting manu-facturers, Maureen Crawford Hentz has no direct reports. She can’t lead by command or pull rank on those beneath her. Instead, to get colleagues’ support for her ideas and initiatives, Hentz must lead by influence.

She was hired to help diversify the candidate pool and to improve sourcing. And she’s done just that by listening to peers and understanding what they need, not just pushing what she wants to offer. Her recommendations are taken seriously because of the trust she has built and the expertise she is able to share.

With a passion for recruiting millennials, Hentz has secured her place as a thought leader inside and outside of the company for her knowledge of how this youngest generation in the workplace impacts business. Her prior experience as director of career services at Wentworth Institute of Technology is the driving force behind this ideology.

In addition to attending career fairs and other external recruit-ing events, Hentz works with the company’s internal groups to champion women’s issues. She is involved in the Women’s Affinity Group and was the founding Vice President of the Advocates with People with Disabilities Affinity group, focusing on efforts to expand the recruitment of women and men with disabilities. She uses her HR skills to provide training on hiring and working with people with disabilities.

After observing Hentz in action, a colleague with a reputation for being a tough cookie turned to her and said, “You really do care about what you do. I can see your influence on the company al-ready and you’re really as good as we thought you were.” That’s awfully rewarding feedback for the woman who’s usually more comfortable doling out the praise and recognition for others.

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Can one person really make a difference to

the ethical culture at work? Carolyn Turknett,

co-founder of an Atlanta-based consulting

firm, says yes.

In her book Decent People, Decent Company: How to Lead with Character at Work and in Life, co-authored with husband Bob Turknett, she argues that if an individual—at any level in the corporate hierarchy—leads with character, that person can create an organization with a culture of decency, respect, and integrity.

Many women, however, find it difficult to disagree with their boss when they observe something wrong at work. They wonder if it’s worth the risk to come forward about unethical activity they’ve seen or heard. They may fear losing their jobs, benefits and financial stability, but recent research reveals that something else may be at stake.

A Turknett Leadership Group study revealed that though female managers rated higher than male managers on 25 of 47 manage-rial and leadership competencies and as good as male managers on 21 of the 47 categories, the only competency women scored lower on was self-esteem. The study defined this category as a high level of self-worth and confidence.

“Women without confidence tend to stay quiet when they know something’s wrong,” says Turknett. “If the top brass is ignor-ing ethical standards of business, they are more likely to reward employees who blow the whistle with permanent vacation rather than bonuses.”

Turknett Leadership Group (www.turknett.com) helps ma-jor companies like BellSouth, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, American Cancer Society, Hewlett-Packard and Mercer Human Resources Consulting achieve leadership character, an essential ingredient to a profitable and successful company.

“Leaders’ mistakes, even enormous ones, can be overcome,” she says. “But failures of integrity cannot. Companies must make eth-ics a priority if they want to be successful.”

As public trust in corporate leadership erodes, Turknett says the importance of ensuring that employees at every level maintain integrity at work is the best way to reinvigorate organizations.

Turknett’s Top Ways to Work Ethically Every Day • Don’t wait around for others to act ethically. You might wait a

while. Go ahead and take a stand even when others don’t. You’ll be respected in the long run.

• Take responsibility for your own mistakes. In a successful or-ganization, everyone must take responsibility for and ownership of success and failure. Maintain personal accountability as well as hold others accountable. Don’t take everything upon your-self, but be accountable for the things you are involved in. Take responsibility for the success of the collective effort. Humility is concerned with results, not recognition.

• Control your emotions. Believe that you can control your envi-ronment and affect change. If you cannot control your emotions, you can’t manage others. Maintain emotional responses that are goal producing.

• Remember that every little thing matters. Is there a difference between stealing millions of dollars in company stock or a box of paper clips? In the most fundamental sense, the answer is no. The consequences might be worlds apart, but the action in both scenarios is the same and they’re both wrong. Be sure to maintain integrity when no one is watching because someone always is.

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KIm hOULNE: pERFECt BaLaNCEAs the mother of two young boys and the founder and chief exec-utive of a successful business, Kim Houlne knows the challenges of being a working mom. And her brainchild Working Solutions is largely based on this concept.

The company contracts with home-based agents to provide customer service to leading brands, including Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Office Depot, Cingular and Kodak, in a variety of industries. This virtual workforce includes more than 600 women agents, all of whom are motivated and led by Houlne, which has meant low turnover and high growth for the company.

Houlne saw the demand for viable work-at-home employment and seized the opportunity, creating a great environment for her workers in and out of the office. The proof is in the employees: For the last two years, Houlne’s corporate staff nominated Work-ing Solutions as a “Best Place to Work” in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and it ranked within the top 20 both years.

Her staff credits her calm, cool demeanor—even in the face of challenge and adversity—as one of her impressive strengths. When Houlne and her senior managers met with a big client for

a performance update in the early stage of the business relation-ship, the client offered their feedback in the form of a report card. Working Solutions received mostly positive marks, but scored an F in one category. Although Houlne was surprised and disap-pointed to receive the low grade, her response was to smile and say, “Wow, I have never received an F before, but at least now I know we can only go up from here!” Instead of assigning blame or pointing fingers, Houlne gathered her team to brainstorm next steps and decide how to best improve client relations. She leads not through fear and intimidation, but rather through positively soliciting opinions and avoiding criticism and personal attacks.

In addition to keeping clients happy, she’s a hands-on pro at making sure staffers are satisfied too. On several occasions, Houlne has gone above and beyond to ensure prop-er work life balance and job satisfaction by making schedule adjustments, revising job functions, or even creating a new role entirely. And when some employees seem to be doing just fine with the workload assigned, Houlne comes along and gently pushes them to reach new goals to expand their knowledge and skill sets.

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KatE FRUChER:LEadINg LaWyER

Under Kate Frucher’s leadership, Axiom Legal has pioneered a modern alternative to the traditional law firm by providing onsite counsel services to large corporate clients. Axiom attorneys have the op-portunity to do challenging work in-house with leading corporations, yet are part of the Axiom firm and community. By al-lowing attorneys to choose how much they want to work and the kinds of things they

want to work on, Axiom offers women more control, balance and exceptional quality of life. Since joining in 2005, Frucher has been directly responsible for more than doubling revenue to almost $30 million last year.

Perhaps even more impressive is Axiom’s attrition rate which is around ten percent, well below the roughly twenty-percent turnover at a typical law firm. Histori-cally, female lawyers working in firms have had little choice but to work full-time, which, in the legal field, constitutes as much as 15 hour days. Balancing life outside of work is seen not only as a chal-lenge, but in some cases a weakness. The women attorneys at Axiom credit Frucher for freeing them mentally from having to make those difficult choices.

From launching the Americorps National Service Program as part of a small Clinton White House team, to serving under Mayor Rudy Giuliani to overhaul New

York City’s child welfare system, Frucher has always looked for ways to make a difference by forging new ground. When New York City, along with the rest of the country, witnessed the devastation of 9/11, Frucher took on the position of senior aide to the Fire Commissioner. She played a critical role for the fire department at an important moment in history, putting much needed protocols in place that are being used to this day.

Concurrent with her position as the General Manager of Axiom’s New York headquarters, Frucher has been a senior fellow in the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Since graduating with honors from both Harvard College and Stanford Law School, this crusader has built a portfolio of credentials far more impressive than most people dream possible. Fortunately for us, we’re all benefiting from her un-wavering and admirable devotion to public service and private practice.

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Dealing with family can be difficult on personal matters, and it can be especially sticky when you mix business with pleasure. Cheryl Dorrell’s stepfather thought she had a head for business and a flair for creativity, so he decided to put the family business under her reign.

This hadn’t always been Dorrell’s plan. She was pursuing her dream of becoming a television reporter while working at a station in Tuscaloosa, Alabama when her stepdad announced he wanted to semi-retire. He suggested that Dorrell move back to Atlanta to learn the ropes at Name Makers, which mass produced personalized sewing labels.

After working her way up from telemarketer to president more than a decade ago, Dorrell has been the driving force for corporate growth. She launched exciting new personalized packaging concepts, including a wide selection of personalized gift wrap, ribbon, boxes and bags, as well as an updated line of sewing labels. At the 2005 National Stationary Show, her company took Best New Product Award for its personalized gift wrap. Her products have been featured on NBC’s Today, Oprah’s O List in The O Maga-zine, Martha Stewart Weddings, Glamour, In Style, and even The Wall Street Journal.

Even though she gave up her original career aspirations to accommodate her family’s wishes and she often misses out on time with her kids when she’s on the road, there are rewarding moments that Dorrell says make running a family business worth all the sacrifices she has had to endure. She never tires of hearing a buyer exclaim that amid thousands of things at a trade show, her products are the only ones they really love.

Dorrell says communication with her stepfather can be difficult at times because he still has a hand in the business and sometimes insists that his two cents be heard. Yet she takes comfort in knowing he could have picked someone else to run the ship, and she’s proud that he believed in her and knew she could do it.

leadershipWendy Hambleton:Partnering WitH integrityIn a profession sometimes plagued by scandal, Wendy Hambleton stands out for always playing by the rules. As a Partner and Associate Director of Assurance with BDO Seidman, the world’s fifth largest accounting network, her ethics are uncompromising.

One of the few women to reach the ranks of technical advisor, her peers know she’s a wealth of information and that she’s the go-to gal when it comes to technical ac-counting and reporting issues. Hambleton co-authored two courses related to SEC Reporting, which are taken by hundreds of professionals each year seeking to increase their knowledge of the field.

Aside from her in depth knowledge of the industry she loves, Hambleton looks at the complexity of public accountancy with a different eye than most. Public accoun-tants, by virtue of their roles as auditors of public companies, are charged with pro-tecting the interest of the investors. Often times, this role puts people like Hamble-ton at odds with their clients in inter-preting their accounting literature. This is where her ethics and strong management skills, which have been described as “calm assertive” by colleagues, bring her to the forefront of a highly stressful, and at times ethically ambiguous, field.

Hambleton works with BDO Seidman’s client service teams and clients to help resolve these sticky situations with ap-propriate interpretations of accounting literature and how it applies to the clients’ circumstances. Her style is to let people voice their opinions and concerns, provide advice as to what the rules say and why, and keep the situation moving forward to an appropriate resolution.

Her direct reports say that Hambleton works through the most difficult of issues with a sense of ease and a touch of humor, always composed and helpful, even with those who cause others to stress out.

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Meet Renee West, president and chief operating officer of Excalibur Hotel & Casino, a 3,991 room mega-resort with more than 3,400 employees. A veteran of the gaming industry—previously holding positions at Caesar’s Palace and Station Casinos—West is the first and currently the only woman to lead a property on the Las Vegas Strip.

Aside from her many duties as COO within the MGM Mirage enterprise, one of the world’s largest hospitality and enter-tainment companies, West was recently charged by the chairman to create a diver-sity pilot program that may be modeled by the other 23 properties of the company, enabling diversity to become a focal point

of their operations.

Her diversity efforts reach beyond what is required. West implemented a number of industry-leading programs including development of the industry’s first full-ser-vice on-site housing community, allowing employees to live closer to work, cutting commute times by around 40 minutes each way.

In addition, under West’s leadership, Excalibur Hotel & Casino is participating in an innovative ESL program called Sed de Saber, a self-study English-as-a-Second Language Program that enables the prop-erty’s Hispanic employees to improve in their overall business performance as well as their self-confidence in the workplace.

Her managerial style differs from that of other industry leaders because she did not advance through the normal channels of operations—marketing or finance. Instead West’s background is in human resources, and she firmly believes that by being a respectful manager and colleague she can best support happy employees.

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barbara boWman: CHieF Care-giVer

With over 20 years of experience in health care human resources, Barbara Bowman knows the importance of keeping employ-ees happy. As the Chief Human Resources Officer for Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, she oversees a $19 million budget for an operation that employs some 4,500 people, and she never forgets the importance of finding time to make each person and patient feel special.

Bowman implemented several initiatives to make life a little easier on the staff, the physicians, the patients and the parents who walk through the hospital’s doors. To ensure a smooth transition for working mothers returning from maternity leave,

Bowman created a program allowing them access to support groups, a buddy system and nursing rooms. Children’s Memorial does not have on-site daycare, so she advocated for back-up family care for employees, which includes child care planning assistance and up to 80 hours of free back-up care in employees’ homes or at local centers.

She is also responsible for introducing an on-site concierge team for both employees and patients. The service will run errands, do laundry, buy coloring books or slippers for a sick child or make travel arrange-ments. They offer free movie rentals within the hospital for patients, and they even have an on-site financial program for employees to help plan for college or the purchase of a first home.

By balancing the big picture without ever losing sight of the small details, Bowman has created a community in the workplace that benefits everyone who enters the medical facility.

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At Cingular, the career opportunities are as boundless as the technology. Visit www.cingular.com/careers to learn about exciting new career opportunities in retail sales and technology.

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nanCy Wonnell: motHer in laWWhen Nancy Wonnell turned 50, she wasn’t thinking about retirement. In fact, she had just started a brand new career. At 47, Wonnell graduated from Ohio State University’s Law School with her Juris Doctorate.

Working as an aide in her husband’s office and making frequent trips to the court-house to file paperwork prompted her desire to become a trial lawyer—even at what many would call a later time in life.

Her matter-of-factness makes it seem as

simple a choice as cooking dinner—some-thing she also mastered through rais-ing three children and accommodating 20-person meals for her husband’s friends and business associates. After acquiring her degree, Wonnell built her business and reputation as a lawyer who cares—about her clients, about the law and about other new lawyers, especially women coming out of law school at a non-traditional time in their lives.

Now the sole owner and operator of a full service law firm in Columbus, Ohio, Wonnell is a source of inspiration and knowledge for women in the courtroom. She has assisted many in completing the requirements to become court appointed lawyers—allowing them to second chair her in criminal trials and shadow her in traffic court.

She is also a staunch advocate against the death penalty. On her latest death penalty case, she negotiated with the prosecutor to drop the death penalty specification, thereby ensuring that her client wouldn’t receive the death penalty even if he is found guilty of murder. When asked why she opposes it so strongly, it’s a similar tone as why she went to law school in her forties: “I could give you some complex answers: it’s unfair between the races and the rich and the poor but really it’s pretty simple. I’m Irish Catholic and I’ve been against it my whole life. It’s how I was raised and what I believe.”

Dr. Kathleen Hall knows stress. She juggled a career as a stock broker with a Wall Street firm, two young daughters, a mar-riage and owned and managed a thriving horse breeding business. She exercised furiously, drove expensive cars and lived with her family in a beautiful home. Then, in a flash, her seamless life began to un-ravel with intermittent panic attacks.

Rejecting society’s definition of success, Dr. Hall became fasci-nated with the emerging field of mind-body medicine. She found that job stress costs companies billions of dollars annually in health care premiums, lost work time and decreased productivity.

Dr. Hall, author of A Life in Balance: Nourishing the Four Roots of True Happiness, says most of the people she met were feeling overbooked, overworked and overwhelmed. She related to them on a personal level and chose to spend many years immersed in the field of stress—seeking education, training and experience Among the results: A website (stressinstitute.com) of rich re-sources and a series of effective stress management techniques that Dr. Hall says are her favorites.

Laugh often. This releases the healing hormone endorphins, the body’s natural pain killers. Rent a funny movie or listen to a

comedian. Laughter lowers blood pressure, reduces stress hor-mones and boosts your immune function.

Eat Breakfast. People who eat breakfast consume less fat and have a higher intake of essential vitamins and minerals and lower serum cholesterol, which lessens the risk of heart disease.

Get a Pet. Studies reveal there are benefits of owning a pet, such as reduction of blood pressure and inducing a relaxation response in our bodies. Pets are emotional life savers. They help people experience intimacy and also deal with changes and losses in their lives.

Find Friends. Friendships are strong indicators of mental, physi-cal and spiritual health. Friendship is not a luxury, but is essential to work-life balance and your health. Studies show that isolation decreases immune functioning and increases mortality risk.

Attitude of Gratitude. It is physiologically impossible to be grateful and experience stress at the same time. Research shows grateful individuals report having more energy and less physical complaints than their non-grateful counterparts. Gratitude exercises result in higher levels of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism and energy.

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ADVANCINGPERSONAL ANDPROFESSIONALGROWTH.

The Toyota Way of doing business centers on respect for people and continuous improvement.

Welcome to excitement and opportunities at Toyota Financial Services (TFS)and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS). If you’re a motivated individual who thrives

in an atmosphere of collaboration and dedication, then Toyota is your destination.

TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICESSince 1983, Toyota Financial Services (TFS) has grown from a small company of eight

associates to more than 3,000, with over $50 billion in managed assets, serving 2.3 million customers. At TFS, tomorrow means rising to the challenges of a changing marketplace by

promoting a high-performance culture that will allow us to develop better solutions, programs, and services for both existing and new customers. To inquire about career opportunities with

TFS, please visit our Web site at: www.toyotafi nancial.com/careers.

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC.Established in 1957 and headquartered in Torrance, CA, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) is the U.S. sales, marketing, and distribution arm that oversees operations in 49 states for Toyota,

Lexus and Scion products. TMS and its subsidiaries are also involved in distribution, logistics, motorsports, and research and development. At TMS, we take pride in what the Toyota name

represents – innovation, quality and reliability. To inquire about career opportunities withTMS, please visit our Web site at: www.toyota.com/talentlink.

We offer competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefi ts package,and exciting opportunities for career development.

Toyota supports equal opportunity and a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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amie CHilson: Wise inVestorLet’s face it, we no longer need to bring along a guy to help us buy a car, and we don’t have to wait for an engagement ring to move out on our own. Amie Chilson understands that power of independence and ownership, and she’s empowering women to establish financial security through real estate.

In Campbell, CA Chilson established herself as a real estate power house by

selling 21 homes in her first year as a licensed agent in 2004, and earning honors as Realtors Magazine “30 under 30” and Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40.”

After realizing her passion to help single women purchase their first homes and her natural knack for the business, she formed Girl Powered Real Estate. Since its inception in 2005, the company has helped more than a dozen women buy homes and they’re currently working with over 20 other women on a Girl Powered game plan to buy property—a wise investment—within the next two years.

Chilson bought her first home in 2002 when she was just 25. That experience has enabled her to show others that it is indeed possible. One of her clients—a single 26-year-old—was expected to honor her culture by remaining at home with her parents until she was married and could buy a home with her future husband. Although respectful of her family and its heritage, with Chilson’s careful financial guidance and emotional encouragement, she chose to put her own financial security ahead of other people’s wishes by purchas-ing a home valued at more than $400,000. She realized waiting for marriage wasn’t the best way to build her wealth.

With more single women than married women living in this country—and with the often-devastating financial realities of divorce facing many women—The Girl Powered team is well on its way to awak-ening the power and courage that already exists in every woman’s soul. Chilson’s leading the charge to channel that energy into ownership of our financial futures.

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At Golden Corral, we appreciate that our uniquely diverse team of hospitalityprofessionals lends flavor and spice, notjust to our award-winning food, but to ourrewarding environment. And we recognizethat it is because of the talented men andwomen who dedicate their skills to oursuccess that we have been voted #1 for thetenth consecutive year in the family buffetgrill segment by Nation's Restaurant News.

Our management team members know thatGolden Corral is committed to helping thempursue their goals for success by providingthem with the very best training possibleand a dedicated promote-from-within policy.As a matter of fact, most of our GeneralManagers have been promoted from theAssociate Manager level. Talk about risingto the top!

Come add your one-of-a-kind flavor to the Golden Corral family. To explore

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Amy Scott appreciates the value of women helping women and she exudes a unique blend of friendship and mentoring in the workplace every single day. As a manag-ing partner at New York Life—one of the youngest people to be promoted to this top title—she supervises three partners and more than 70 agents while juggling her own family of three young children. Her colleagues say she’s a role model who in-spires women to recognize that it is indeed possible to lead a balanced life and to be successful as well as compassionate.

Above and beyond her core responsi-bilities, Scott actively participates as a speaker at events to promote the growth and development of other women. She knows firsthand that a career in insurance and financial services can be a great fit for women because it combines the ability

to do good for others and to do well for themselves. Add to that the opportunity to carve out ample time for family, and you have what Scott believes is a winning world of work.

Her leadership and service extend out-side of the office too. Scott was the team captain for the 2006 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness walk and she is on the board of the Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She also lends her time to Coats for Kids and Heart of Georgia Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Scott says watching agents who she recruited and trained excel is incredibly satisfying, and she calls their success one of the most gratifying aspects of her ca-reer. “I believe and strive to communicate that your career should enrich your life and those around you.”

amy sCott: Friendly mentor

• In 2006, New York Life had 308 women members of the Million Dollar Round Table, the premier association of financial professionals, more than twice as many as any other US company.

• New York Life recruits and retains the highest number of women agents in the industry according to LIMRA, the industry’s largest resource for financial services marketing information.

• Learn more about the career opportunity at New York Life atnylcareersforwomen.com.

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mary Wayman:time KeePer Mary Wayman never planned on becom-ing an entrepreneur, but when she was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 1998, eventually spreading to her breast and then her brain, she knew she had to make some things happen fast for her family and for herself. One of her greatest desires was to see her oldest of three children graduate from college.

Wayman learned that less than forty per-cent of students graduate from four-year programs in the same number of years. The prolonged process costs them both time and money, and Wayman knew that time was an incredibly valuable commod-ity at this stage in her battle to survive.

She formed Application 2 Graduation, which has grown since 1999 into a mil-lion-dollar firm dedicated to empower-ing students while they pursue a college education.

For Wayman, who has a Juris Doctor-ate from Howard University and was a Judge Advocate General in the military before retiring as a Major after 22 years of service, her accidental journey into entre-preneurship has helped more than 6,000 students with everything from school se-lection, application process, and financial aide to curriculum building and course scheduling. She boasts a 99 percent success rate in clients graduating in four years rather than the standard six.

As a way to ensure that A2G’s services are available to those who cannot afford it, Wayman created Four Year Tops. This non-profit scholarship program selects talented and dedicated college-bound indi-viduals who can benefit most from A2G’s comprehensive guidance.

Wayman continues her struggle each day to maintain a healthy, whole and healed body while she runs the business. And her son is on track to graduate at exactly four year mark. She plans to be in the stands, waving him on to the next phase.

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miCHele Wong:sHaring tHe WealtHEveryone has had those days: your favor-ite coffee shop is closed, your car breaks down, you’re late for work and your boss isn’t going to care for your excuses. Phyl-lis Fultz, an administrative assistant at Synergex, was having one of those days, but luckily, her boss did care.

“My car went out and it was going to cost quite a bit of money to fix,” said Fultz of her car woes, “Michele [Wong] had the ac-countant give me a check for the cost and did not charge me interest to repay her. I had only been with the company for six

months at that time.”

Michele, the heroine in Fultz’ story, is Mi-chele Wong, the CEO of Synergex, a 54-person computer programming company in Northern California. There are no doors on any offices at Synergex, redefining the term “open door policy.” Any employee is welcome to drop in on any executive at any time for an impromptu exchange. There is a company information exchange meeting twice a month to keep all employ-ees abreast of the various departments. Wong makes a point of meeting with each project group without the manager pres-ent to discuss work and leisure activities. Synergex also mentors minority student interns from high schools and provides resources and encouragement for them to continue their education.

Other perks that Wong implemented: free daily breakfast, a fully stocked kitchen, paid, long term care along with insurance packages, casual dress code, company picnics, lunches, dinners, outdoor activi-ties, and movies. Such initiatives granted Synergex with the Best Place to Work award for a small for-profit company by the Sacramento Bee in 2006.

“As a single mom, it is hard on the budget for extra activities,” Fultz says, “Michele gives us free tickets to the museum all the time, along with a host of other wonder-ful ways to help expand my daughter’s development.”

With many corporate executives appear-ing cold and unfeeling, it’s a pleasure to recognize someone who is anything but.

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liz ryan: dot Com doyenneAt the height of the dot com era in the nineties, advances in technology paved the way for an entirely new platform for networking and sharing knowledge online. Liz Ryan saw an opportunity to fill a void in the way women communicated.

She created WorldWIT, one of the first global online and offline networks for women in business and technology, which today connects more than 40,000 members across industries via its free discussion groups. And, through Ryan’s leader-ship, the group has brought face-to-face networking and educational events to businesswomen in 25 countries since it launched seven years ago.

The launch of individual WorldWIT chapters has created the basis for building strong communities by combining online conversation, quick information sharing and in-person events.

Although her efforts have expanded glob-ally, Ryan remains rooted in Colorado’s business community, where she lives with her husband and their five children. She writes numerous online columns and is active in career development programs for individuals and corporations.

She solicits feedback from WorldWIT members and offers recommendations and solutions to fulfill their requests. One recent example is National Breast Feed-ing at Work Week, a week-long celebra-tion introduced by WorldWIT in response to chatter among members in discussion groups.

Ryan also helped debut a pioneering e-mentoring program between ChicWIT, the group’s Chicago chapter, and a seventh grade class at Young Women’s Leader-ship Charter School, which is the nation’s only math and science-focused charter

school exclusively for girls. The program promotes a sense of fluidity between the generations. E-mentoring gives young girls a window into the adult workplace, and it gives working women an opportunity to look at aspirations through the eyes of middle school stu-dents.

Her mentoring extends to women who haven’t yet embarked on their careers with the recent launch of PhillyCampusWIT, the first WorldWIT chapter for college-age women.

In addition to being an award-winning entrepreneur, Ryan speaks French, Polish, and Korean, and she says she can offer greetings in 55 other languages. It’s just one more way she’s able to connect with different communities.

Learn more about Ryan’s social and pro-fessional networking expertise and how to cultivate an online network for global reach, and business and personal support in her new book Happy About Online Networking: The virtual-ly simple way to build professional relationships.

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IngrId WatkIns: alWays On the MOve

In the mid eighties, Ingrid Watkins moved from Columbia, South Carolina to Washington, D.C. with her life savings of $2,000, about 200 copies of her short resume, and the determina-tion to make it in a big city. She landed a role at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but it wouldn’t be the last gutsy career decision she had to make.

Several years later she gave birth to twins, one of which was born with special needs. She put her career on the back burner to devote all of her time to her family. She created a parents’ support group and became a foster mother for other special needs children.

When her twins were only four years old, Watkins found herself a divorced single mother who could no longer afford to be unemployed. Out of necessity, she returned to work and accepted a job that she considered well beneath her skill level to ensure she had a flexible schedule for her children. Because the position

as a coordinator in the finance area of The Coca-Cola Company offered few challenges, she grew bored with her duties. But instead of remaining stagnant, Watkins took it upon herself to learn some basic technology skills and she created an e-news-letter and website for her group that was ultimately distributed company-wide.

That exposure caught the eyes of the company’s supplier diver-sity team, which was in need of a communications and website manager. Watkins was promoted to that role. Her efforts have been instrumental in aiding the Supplier Diversity team to meet and exceed its goals of engaging minority and women-owned businesses in procurement opportunities within The Coca-Cola Company.

Never one to rest on her laurels, at the age of 40, Watkins returned to school for her MBA, which she received with honors.

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lInda hall: WIse WInnerWhoever said landing a new job at sixty-something is impossible hasn’t met Linda Hall.

At 63, this Salt Lake City computer pro-grammer knew she didn’t fit the profile of a traditional techie. The industry is male-centric and youth-dominated, both of which worked against her during her nine years at a global IT giant. She was surrounded by swarms of fresh college grads and twenty-somethings with sharp skills and the ability to learn at lightning speed.

Yet even with what was sometimes a generation difference between her and her colleagues and often times her boss-es, Hall was good at her job, and with a warm and welcoming personality, she was well-liked by peers. As an extremely dedicated employee, she as frequently called on to work into the wee hours of the night to complete critical tasks.

None of that mattered when, thirty years into her career, Hall received the worst possible news for a mature worker in the technology sector: She was being laid off.

With just a three month cushion of severance pay and benefits, Hall was justifiably nervous about securing a new job. Being single, a steady salary was a financial necessity, and being career-

minded, a meaningful and challenging job was emotionally critical. Job searching is always difficult but with a line of young, fresh geniuses in front of her at every interview, there were weeks of despair and discouragement where Hall worried that her career days may have been behind her.

She used her anxiety to establish a plan—thanks in part, she says, to the advice in Women For Hire books and on our website. She stepped up her networking immediately, asking everyone for both job leads and candid feedback on strengthening her resume. She en-rolled in a weekly job search workshop offered by her church where she devel-oped a polished elevator pitch, rehearsed interview questions, and connected with head hunters

All of those efforts—along with the belief that her maturity and years of experience were assets and not impedi-ments—finally paid off. Four months after the layoff that turned her world upside down, Hall received an offer from one of the largest banks in the city as a programmer with regular nine to five hours and a $15,000 increase over her previous position.

Today Hall says she love the new chal-lenges she’s facing and the relationships she is building. And perhaps best of all, she cherishes her unique position and perspective as a mature woman in a young person’s world of work.

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Noreen Heron Zautcke made her mark with cheese.

The publicity guru was charged with developing a high-profile campaign for the 40th anniversary celebration of Chicago’s legendary fondue restaurant, Geja’s Café. Her big-buzz idea: create the world’s largest pot of cheese fon-due, melting more than 1,050 gallons of cheese, breaking the record set in the Guinness Book of World Records. The public was invited to enjoy the compli-mentary concoction, which was enough to serve 35,000 people with leftovers going to the Chicago Food Depository. A new menu was unveiled at the event and guests received steep discounts on dining.

That’s not the only gigantic stunt she’s organized. Since opening her own public relations firm in 2000, Zautcke planned the World’s Largest Office Party, which celebrated a benefit for the Sun-Times Charity Fund at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, and the Pepsi Easter Fairy Tale Adventure with a parade.

Her creativity and theatrics can be traced back to high school when she worked as an usher at a dinner playhouse. She contin-ued working there throughout college and ultimately became the house manager and then the publicity director. She went on to handle marketing for Chicago’s long-run-ning smash hit, Nunsense, and has since represented an impressive 300 productions in her career.

Not everything she does is in the spotlight. Every week Zautcke sends care packages of t-shirts, toiletries, hard candy and body wash to American soldiers in Iraq. To her, they are among the real stars of our country.

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communityJJ raMBerg: searchIng FOr charItaBle successIn 2005, journalist JJ Ramberg, who reports on business for MSNBC, partnered with her brother Ken, a dot com entrepreneur, to launch GoodSearch.com, a Yahoo-pow-ered search engine that donates half of its revenue to the charities and schools its users designate.

The Rambergs wanted to create a way for people to effortlessly support and feel con-nected to their favorite charities. They knew everyone cares about a cause—whether it’s finding a cure for AIDS, rescuing stray animals, cleaning up the environment, or improving education—but not everyone has the time or money to devote. They identified a way to take someone that all of us do every day—search the Internet—and turn it into doing good simultaneously. Ramberg says search engines earned more than six billion dollars in advertising revenue last year and with GoodSearch.com she’s hoping to redirect some of that money to organizations trying to make the world a better place.

Ramberg, who graduated cum laude from Duke University and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School, is no stranger to philanthropy. She has volunteered over-seas in India and Uganda for microfinance organizations. After watching her mother lose her battle to cancer, Ramberg knows how great the need is to raise funds to care for those suffering from the disease. Her nephew is fatally allergic to peanuts so her family works to raise money for an organization searching for a cure. And one of her best friends started the TEAK Fellowship program, which fundraises to support its effort to help economically disadvantaged children get into good schools.

While our favorite non-profit is the Women For Hire Foundation, which was estab-lished last year to assist displaced, low income women with career development, GoodSearch.com users can choose to support any cause they wish. Each time you conduct a search, just as you would on any other search engine, a penny goes to your favorite charity, which is generated from Goodsearch.com’s advertising revenue. One hundred people searching just four times a day will raise more than $1,400 a year for a cause.

More than 21,000 organizations are listed on GoodSearch, ranging from giants like the United Way to an Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, and the first round of checks were mailed in December 2006. Ramberg says it was incredibly rewarding to see how her enterprise is working to fund so many great causes. Her efforts are certainly good news for all of them.

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kuMu gupta: technIcally servIngMoving alone to the United States from Kuwait at 18 in the midst of Saddam Hussein’s invasion of her homeland, Kumu Gupta didn’t know if her family would survive the violence and bloodshed of the Desert Storm war. She was forced to learn how to survive here on her own and immersed herself in higher education. She earned dual degrees with honors in Material Science and Engineering Science often as the only woman in many of her classes. Prompted by a strong desire to help others, she received a Master’s in Psychology. This paved the way for her younger siblings to pursue college degrees from top universities in this country.

Today in addition to maintaining a profitable consulting firm she founded and providing analysis for investment managers at a global consulting firm, Gupta finds plenty of time to volunteer for a variety of causes.

She’s active with the South Asian Women’s Support group in Boston and founded the Donate A Cell Phone program for victims of domestic violence. She was recognized for her efforts by being appointed to the city’s Mayor’s Commission on Women and received an honorable mention at a state awards ceremony for service to the community.

Her outreach services expanded further in Boston when she was appointed to the Board of Directors for non-profit organization Blue Hill Adventure and Quarry Museum, an outdoor group that focuses on the Blue Hill Reservations. She photographed the area and then put her technology skills to work to build a website promoting the group.

She’s not only proud of what she’s given to this country, but she’s also appreciative of the opportunities afforded her. During a company-sponsored baseball outing, Gupta, who hails from the Middle East, was the lead singer of the national anthem at a San Francisco Giants baseball game.

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Get Involved: Donate A Cell Phone Since Valentine’s Day 2001, Jane Doe Inc.—in affiliation with the Massachu-setts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence—has run a variety of cell phone drives, and the public has responded by donating over 20,000 phones.

The Donate A Phone campaign is an ongoing effort sponsored on the national level by the Wireless Foundation, Motorola and the National Coali-tion Against Domestic Violence. To find out more, please check out their web-site at www.wirelessfoundation.org. Phones can be mailed directly to:

Call to Protect 2555 Bishop Circle WestDexter, MI 48130

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Did you know that women owned businesses are growing at twice the rate of all businesses in the United States? Or that 47 percent of all privately held business in the United States is owned by women? As executive director for the National Association of Women Business Owners, Erin Fuller works on behalf of all of them every day.

She’s testified before Congress, and lobbied the U.S. Small Busi-ness Administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commis-sion, and both the Senate and House Committees on Small Busi-

ness regarding business ownership issues. Some of her expert testimonies discuss issues such as health care or equal employment rights.

Most recently she testified to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-neurship, arguing that women in business are not getting their fair share of procurement opportunities despite a law that was passed for this reason over ten years ago.

“It’s important to educate the public about the growth of women-owned entrepreneur-ship in the U.S.,” says Fuller of her testimonies.

Within her own organization, she has seen the membership of NAWBO grow from 5,500 in 2002 to 8,000. As women business owners contribute significantly to the economy, they recognize the value of an organization devoted to representing and fighting for their unique economic, social and political needs. Fuller will continue to lead their crusade.

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Always true to her vision, Jeanne Fitzmaurice has dedicated herself to helping women who are enduring the realities of Stage IV breast cancer.

Several years ago, her cousin passed away from the disease, and through that experience Fitzmaurice came to understand the desires of women to retain their dignity and family dynamic at a time when their cancer spreads and cannot be contained.

With the vision of helping those who are living and dying through the progression of this disease, Fitzmaurice formed the Gal to Gal Foundation, dedicated to generating funds for existing organizations supporting those living with this least understood and least recognized phase of breast cancer. As the first national organization dedicating one hundred percent of its resources to Stage 4 causes, Fitzmaurice has set a goal of raising a million dol-lars over the next three years—and she’s well on her way.

To assure the fundraising success, Fitzmaurice formed Design-her Gals to celebrate women and the world of fashion and fun. On the website (designhergals.com), users can design note cards and other paper products using images to replicate their likeness. With Design-her Gals, everything in your closet always fits, and every day is a good hair day—even if you may have lost it all in chemo.

With more than 150,000 registered users—thanks, in part, to a plug from Oprah—Fitzmaurice, who works out of her home in Bend, Oregon, still finds time to answer almost every email personally to stay connected to her loyal base. Every sale rings up smiles for satisfied customers and support for the spirits of women in Stage IV.

saBIra allOO:cultural actIvIstEven as a young girl growing up in Walnut, CA, Sabira Alloo had been exposed to the atroci-ties and misfortunes of the third world. Her parents—both born and raised in East Af-rica—made sure that she and her siblings visited various cul-tures in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North and South Americas. After seeing how poverty and deprivation affected so many, Alloo devel-oped a strong compassion for those without and decided to apply it to her career.

Today, she works as Member-ship and Development Man-ager for the Pacific Council on International Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan member-ship organization that informs people about international policy issues. She was respon-sible for organizing their an-nual flagship event—which is known as the premier interna-tional policy gathering on the West Coast, congregating over 200 world leaders and policy shapers to unite and discuss ideas for future change. She is also responsible for increas-

ing their annual revenue by 80 percent through fundraising efforts.

Only a few years ago, as a student she established the UC Berkeley Chapter of a national volunteering organization while studying there for her BA in International Develop-ment. The organization’s focus was aimed at reducing and preventing hunger, homeless-ness, and disease through community awareness and involvement.

During her studies, Alloo was also the managing director of the Berkeley Women’s Shelter, a three-year commitment that was done entirely on a voluntary basis while work-ing and going to school. She was ultimately responsible for coordinating the care required for over 80 women who were victims of domestic violence.

Through her extensive travels and cultural experience (she also speaks five languages), Alloo has a deeper apprecia-tion for life. “Visiting so many places, usually ones that don’t enjoy the same luxuries you have at home, made [me] much more aware, compassionate and driven to make a change. Apart from that it gave [me] a deep appreciation for other cultures, crafts and languages which [I] still value and am influenced by today.”

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Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing com-pany boasts annual revenues of over $15.5 billion and over 130,000 employees. At a global giant of that size, it’s easy to see how someone could get lost in the shuffle. Not Shondale Bostick.

She’s among the five percent of employees who are Partners, and she’s one in only a handful of African American women to hold the prestigious title. On the job, her most recent project required her to manage a team of up to 80 direct reports, covering as many as 30 cultural backgrounds domestically and overseas in the Arabian Gulf and Europe.

Despite her extremely demanding position, Bostick keeps com-munity and global service high on her list of priorities. In De-cember 2005, a year after a tsunami killed an estimated 190,000 people in Sri Lanka and other parts of South and Southeast Asia—including a children’s music teacher, Orlantha Am-brose—Bostick took a personal leave of absence to travel there and produce a Christmas program. She had never met the music teacher, but heard of the work she was doing offering children free music lessons with the hope that it could create a communi-cation channel and bring peace and unity to a war-torn country. Every year Ambrose produced a Christmas program that mixed underprivileged and mentally challenged children with able-bod-ied and high society children in a performance of violin, vocal pieces, and other instruments.

Leaving her Partner duties behind, Bostick traveled to the Gulf to write, organize and produce a similar Christmas concert called Heart Strings to honor the teacher’s passion for string instru-ments. She stays in touch with Sri Lankan families and she promises to return next year, making sweet music with them at a bi-annual affair.

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Orlantha Ambrose’s former students with Bostick in Sri Lanka

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Shuchi Pandya

Anyone who has moved to New York City from a rural loca-tion knows the transition isn’t always easy. In fact, it can be

down right brutal. After studying at Emporia State University in Kansas, Shuchi Pandya was ready for a change and decided

to pursue her dream: Life in the Big Apple. She packed her bags and moved to the East Coast. Now, she thought, she

better find a job quick.

“I was getting worried that I may not find a job in the field I wanted to work in, but would end up taking something that

would help me just get by,” says Pandya.

Despite the culture shock, the new pace of life, and the com-petitiveness that Pandya faced in New York, she was able to

find work. In a matter of a few weeks, she had a great position in her field at RSM International, a top ten accounting,

consultancy and corporate finance firm. How did she do it? Women For Hire.

Pandya heard about the Women For Hire career expo through her brother, a student at New York University. While looking

through a registration form online, she liked that the event was focused specifically for women and she appreciated the

prestigious list of companies that would be attending.

“Most of the other career fairs I attended had a lot of unrelated jobs,” she says. “Women For Hire had big companies and a

lot of finance positions. I knew I could meet the people I wanted to meet.”

Indeed she did. She met Jodi Goldman, a recruiter for RSM International, and landed a position as an audit associate.

“I keep telling Jodi that Women For Hire was the best thing that happened to me,” says Pandya. “In fact, I went to the next

New York Women For Hire event as an RSM employee and helped recruit with Jodi!”

Pandya couldn’t be happier with her position. “I love it. I think the best thing is we work with different clients and we get to

meet new people. There’s travel involved. It’s not a boring desk job; there are always different situations to face.”

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After reading an advertisement in the Boston Globe, Catherine Raymond and Roberta Mathis decided to take a chance. They put on business attire, printed resumes and headed to the Women For Hire event.

Raymond saw the diversity of job postings and opportunity to meet face to face with hiring representatives as a sure shot that she would land a job, or at the very least, develop her inter-viewing and resume skills. Mathis, who had heard of Women For Hire, liked the concept of a woman-focused career expo and thought it was a great opportunity.

They both landed jobs as Sleep Counselors with Mattress Discounters in the company’s sales department. Raymond and Mathis are excited to be work-ing at a company with great training, strong earning poten-tial and exceptional growth opportunity, and they’re quick to credit Women For Hire.

Different perspectives generate fresh ideas. That’s why at Bank of the West, we value diversity of gender and equal opportunity for our female employees. Year after year, we continue to grow stronger thanks to our unique blend of people. After all, in today’s competitive banking environment, it is our employees with innovative ideas that keep us a step ahead of the rest.

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