FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            

OCTOBER 13, 2009                  
        Enterprise Center

Contact Christine Sullivan, Executive director
(978) 542-7039
 Fax: (978) 542-7061
csullivan@enterprisectr.org

Fifth Annual Million Dollar Women Symposium
“19 Million Dollar Women Business Owners in Salem”

SALEM, MA—The Enterprise Center today announces the fifth annual Million Dollar Women Symposium which will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2009 from 8:00am to 1:00pm at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA.  Program and luncheon ticket price is $50.00 per person.

This year’s panelist include Kelly Delaney, Founder & CEO, Cakes for Occasions, Kim Woods, Founder & CEO, Sea Change Enterprises, Inc., Linda Bennett, O.D., Owner, Belmont Optometrists, Meg Spencer, CEO and Chairman of Hamilton Thorne. Inc. and Melanie Olson Giles, MA,CCC-SL, Founder & Managing Partner, Speech Therapy Group and MassTex Imaging.   The Keynote Speaker is Wendi Goldsmith, CEO and Founder of Bioengineering Group, Salem MA and Federal Appointee, National Women’s Business Council and Founder & President of Bioengineering Group who will be speaking on “Finding Your Inner Compass and Leading Along a Positive Trail”.

This annual symposium showcases “Million Dollar Women”—those women who have companies that have gross revenues over a million dollars.  The panel of women will talk about how they achieved their success.  Every person who is successful has their own unique story—and unique experiences.  This program is designed to motivate and empower working women to aspire to success in their field.  In addition to our panel members, fourteen prior million dollar panelist will be attending

“What makes the Million Dollar Women program so special is that the women talk about the unique challenges and difficulties they faced as they climbed the ladder.  The advice is heartfelt and direct” said Christine Sullivan, Executive Director of the Enterprise Center.  “What we want to do is to show the audience that no matter where they came from and no matter how differently they may think, there is a role model for them”.

In addition to the panelist, nineteen prior million dollar women panelists have confirmed their attendance at this year’s symposium.  They include Karen Andreas, Publisher, Salem Evening News,  Janet Santa Anna, President, The Resource Connection Inc., Anne Bailey Berman, CEO, Chadwick Martin Bailey,  Jill Cheng, President, Cheng & Tsui Company, Inc., Fran Dichner, President/CEO, R & L Associates, Kimberely Driscoll, Mayor, City of Salem, Wendi Goldsmith, Founder & CEO, Bioengineering Group,  Victoria B. Jackson, Owner, Atlantic Lab Equipment, LLC,  Beverly Kahn, Founder/President, NDT, Inc., Phyllis LeBlanc, Owner & CEO, Harbor Sweets, Ann Murphy, President, Telecommunications Export Co., Julie Palen, Sr. Vice President, Mobile Device Management, Tangoe, Inc. and Former Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Internoded,  Phyllis Sagan, Owner & CEO, Sagan Real Estate,  Roseann Tully, Publisher, Intermezzo Magazine.

The Million Dollar Women Symposium is sponsored by Beverly Cooperative Bank who was the founding sponsor of this event and continues to support this program every year.

Co-sponsors of the Symposium are the Creative Economy Association of the North of Boston and the Small Business Development Center at Salem State College

Details for this event and additional information on this year’s panelist and prior million dollar women attending are available at http://www.enterprisectr.org/milliondollarwomen76.html or call
(978)542-7528.