Marsha Firestone Named To Enterprising Women National Advisory Board

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Marsha Firestone Named To Enterprising Women National Advisory Board
Enterprising Women Magazine Announces President Of
Women President’s Organization As Board Member

RALEIGH, N.C. – Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine, has announced Marsha Firestone as an Enterprising Women national advisory board member. Firestone is president of the Women Presidents’ Organization for women whose businesses annually gross over $2 million. Members of the Enterprising Women national advisory board provide advice to the publication’s staff to tailor the publication to meet the needs of entrepreneurial women.

Enterprising Women is a valuable and necessary resource for women business owners,” said Firestone. “I am pleased to represent the WPO and am proud of our joint effort to support women in business.”

"Members of the Enterprising Women national advisory board are among the nation's finest women entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 leaders," Smiley said. "We are honored to welcome Marsha to this distinguished board and appreciate the valuable role she will play working with Enterprising Women to advance women's entrepreneurship for this generation and the generations to follow.”

About Enterprising Women magazine:
Headquartered in Cary, N.C., Enterprising Women magazine is the nation’s only women-owned magazine published exclusively for women business owners, that chronicles the growing political, economic and social influence and power of entrepreneurial women. The magazine provides a friendly meeting place, a public forum, and a national stage for the critical issues confronting women’s businesses and daily lives from the unique perspectives and experiences of entrepreneurial women.

About Marsha Firestone, Ph.D.:
Dr. Marsha Firestone is the founder and president of the Women Presidents’ Organization for women whose businesses annually gross over two million dollars. Dr. Firestone was previously Vice President of Women Incorporated and of Training and Counseling at the American Woman’s Economic Development Corporate (AWED). Her career also includes positions as National Executive Director of the Women’s American ORT, a volunteer organization with a membership of over 150,000; a full-time faculty member of the American Management Association Competency-Based Management Development Program; and a faculty member at the City University of New York and Adelphi University. In March 200, Dr. Firestone was appointed to the National Women’s Business Council, which reports to the President and Congress on issues of importance to women in business and was part of the official delegation to the Overseas Economic Development Council in Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Firestone was Executive Director of The Women’s Economic Summit whose work resulted in a master plan for accelerating the growth of women’s business and was presented to Congress and the public in March 1999. Dr. Firestone earned a Master’s degree in Communication from Teacher’s College of New York, as well as a Ph.D. in Communication from Columbia University.


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