Highlights of her career:
Southern Living Magazine - 5 years
Media specialist and cooking school host in 12 southern states.
Merrill Lynch - 12 years
Financial Consultant specializing in working with small business owners
TurnerBatson Architects - 5 years
Management and Sales quadrupling business in less than 4 years
Serial Entrepreneur - 3 years
AskRoxanne - seminar trainer and advice columnist for business women
WomenCorp - founded site to help women meet other women in business
The Clicker Girls - successful offline business marketing software to schools
Various Real Estate Ventures Including Ownership In The Country of Panama
Affiliations, Awards and Recognitions:
Leadership Shelby County Graduate
Small Business Person of the Year - Shelby County Chamber
Merrill Lynch Presidents Club Award & Chairman's Club Award Recipient
Chamber of Commerce Chairman of the Partnership & Chmn of the Board
March of Dimes, Arthritis Foundation, YWCA Fundraiser Volunteer
United Way Leader
Sponsor of Three Children's Home Initiatives
WomanadeOnline Founder
Speaker/Author/Producer and Publisher
- Business & Professional Women’s Club motivational speaker
- Speaker at Investment Clubs and Financial Events
- Featured Financial Expert on “Summary of the Market” daily radio broadcast 1986-1988
- Chamber of Commerce workshops and events
- FTTH Council Mtg– guest speaker “Initiating grassroots campaigns to deploy fiber”
- Global Entertainment & Media Summit – 2004 “Industry Change..Crisis or Opportunity” Panelist
- Video Producer “Fiber To The Home – Technology We Need Now!” (28 min documentary)
Author of a variety of articles and documents:
Internet Video Magazine- Global Education Market Changing By Fiber Technology, Dec 03
- Marketing Creative Professional Content, Feb 04
- Networks/Joint Ventures Critical To Selling Video, April 04
- New and Creative Video Projects Will Win In the New Age, May 04
- Video and the Value of Independence, July 04
- Partnering For Progress, Aug 04
Technology Birmingham Newsletter
- In The Know Zone “Fiber To The Home”, Sept 04
Fiber To The Home Council – White Paper
- “FTTH Deployments in Korea and Evolution of the Content Business”, Oct 04
WSNTV 75
- Newsletter author
- The Making of "The Fiber Story" Documentary by WSNTV
- Blogspot Author
- Enabling Entrepreneurs
- Creating Courageous Content
- Is Blogging The New Coffee House of Society
- Musings of the Media Queen
- Creative People and the New Market