Success in the City
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
By Hope Katz Gibbs
Success in the City
Truly Amazing Women
February 11, 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz was raised to believe you can have it all. At 42, the attractive, active U.S. Congresswoman from the 20th Congressional District who represents Miami-Dade / Broward County Florida certainly seems to have hit the mark. With two kids, a husband who is incredibly supportive — he buys her clothes and is willing to put her career before his — and a plum seat on the House Committee on Appropriations and Committee on the Judiciary, she is determined to expand on her reputation as a fighter for families.
Mind Your Manners: Emily Post's kin Anna Post on "The Etiquette Advantage in Business"
By Hope Katz Gibbs
Success in the City
Truly Amazing Women blog
March 23, 2009
Etiquette expert Anna Post (great great granddaughter of the queen of good manners, Emily Post) charmed a room filled with dozens of businesswomen at a networking event on March 23 honoring past winners of the Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business awards.
Anna’s top tips included 7 Best Business Social Practices, 5 Tricks to Terrific Table Manners, and ways to ensure your house guests always have a fabulous time. Indeed, being graceful, authentic, and polite is the key to having the etiquette advantage in business, Anna insists. “As today’s workplace becomes increasingly competitive, knowing how to behave can make the difference between getting ahead and getting left behind.”
Philanthropist Edie Frasier: A magical bumblebee
By Hope Katz Gibbs
Director of Communications
Success in the City / CEO Chick Chat
January 14, 2009
“A magical bumble bee” is what Success in the City’s founder Cynthia de Lorenzi called Edie Frasier, a philanthropist, businesswoman, and diversity advocate, who spoke to a room filled with professional women business owners at a recent SITC CEO Chick Chat.
As the president, founder and CEO of Diversity Best Practices, Business Women’s Network and Best Practices in Corporate Communications — all part of the Public Affairs Group, an iVillage Company — Edie supports more than 170 organizations, corporate and government members. Most recently, she co-authored Do You Giving While You Are Living, with well-known TV and radio reporter Robyn Spizman.