Enterprising Women Honors Edie Fraser with Legacy Award
Senior Consultant to Diversified Search Receives 2012 Honor
Raleigh, NC, April 14, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine (http://www.enterprisingwomen.com), has announced that Edie Fraser, senior consultant to Diversified Search, the world’s largest woman-owned executive search firm, and founder and CEO of STEMconnector.org, the one stop shop for information on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, has received the publication’s Legacy Award. The award was presented to Fraser during the Hall of Fame luncheon at the 2012 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards celebration on Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13 at the Ritz-Carlton in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Marilyn Johnson of IBM and Monica Luchtefeld of Office Depot were also presented with Legacy Awards. For more information, visit http://www.enterprisingwomen.com/EWofYearAwards.htm.
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“For more than a decade, Edie Fraser has worked tirelessly to help build the Enterprising Women community into a strong network and an effective, dynamic publication,” said Smiley. “She was also instrumental in the launch of the new Enterprising Women Foundation in 2011 because she feels so strongly about encouraging women entrepreneurs to become philanthropists and to give back generously to mentor and inspire women and girls to start and grow businesses. We honored Edie with the 2012 Legacy Award to recognize her outstanding lifetime of work building strong networks for women entrepreneurs and mentoring so many women in business. She has opened so many doors for women in business and government, and is an inspiration to all.”
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- Fraser co-authored “Do Your Giving While you are Living,” a bestseller on philanthropy, along with Robyn Spizman. She also produced an earlier book on women’s entrepreneurship called “Risk to Riches in America.” Fraser started her career as a desk officer for Malawi at the Peace Corps, and served on the board of Big Brothers for 27 years.
- Prior to joining Diversified, Fraser was founder and CEO of Diversity Best Practices and Business Women’s Network. She created the CEO Diversity Awards and was publisher of the CEO Magazine, The Diversity Primer and The Diversity Officer. In addition, Fraser founded Best Practices in Corporate Communications (BPCC) and is former president of a PR agency.
- Fraser’s recent February 2012 honor was the Vishalakshi Award conferred at the 5th International Association for Human Values Women's Conference on Women and Technology in Bangalore, India, with more than 5,000 women attending from across the globe. The award is sponsored by the Art of Living Foundation, one of the largest volunteer-based NGOs present in 151 countries.
- Fraser sits on numerous boards and advisory boards, including the advisory board of Enterprising Women Magazine. She has been inducted into the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame.
- Fraser is a founder and member of the Committee of 200. She won the highest award possible in the field of communications, the Silver Anvil, for a specialized international campaign on United States and Japan communications and trade promotion.
About Enterprising Women Magazine:
Enterprising Women, with headquarters in Cary, N.C., 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. Published in both print and digital editions, the magazine's digital edition reaches more than 200,000 readers in 50 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.enterprisingwomen.com or call (919) 362-1551.
Emily Packard
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
emily@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/MMIPR
http://www.mmipublicrelations.com
Quotes:
“For more than a decade, Edie Fraser has worked tirelessly to help build the Enterprising Women community into a strong network and an effective, dynamic publication,” said Smiley. “She was also instrumental in the launch of the new Enterprising Women Foundation in 2011 because she feels so strongly about encouraging women entrepreneurs to become philanthropists and to give back generously to mentor and inspire women and girls to start and grow businesses. We honored Edie with the 2012 Legacy Award to recognize her outstanding lifetime of work building strong networks for women entrepreneurs and mentoring so many women in business. She has opened so many doors for women in business and government, and is an inspiration to all.”
New Media Content:
Enterprising Women’s Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/EnterprisingWomen
Enterprising Women’s Twitter feed:
http://twitter.com/#!/EWMagazine
Details:
- Fraser co-authored “Do Your Giving While you are Living,” a bestseller on philanthropy, along with Robyn Spizman. She also produced an earlier book on women’s entrepreneurship called “Risk to Riches in America.” Fraser started her career as a desk officer for Malawi at the Peace Corps, and served on the board of Big Brothers for 27 years.
- Prior to joining Diversified, Fraser was founder and CEO of Diversity Best Practices and Business Women’s Network. She created the CEO Diversity Awards and was publisher of the CEO Magazine, The Diversity Primer and The Diversity Officer. In addition, Fraser founded Best Practices in Corporate Communications (BPCC) and is former president of a PR agency.
- Fraser’s recent February 2012 honor was the Vishalakshi Award conferred at the 5th International Association for Human Values Women's Conference on Women and Technology in Bangalore, India, with more than 5,000 women attending from across the globe. The award is sponsored by the Art of Living Foundation, one of the largest volunteer-based NGOs present in 151 countries.
- Fraser sits on numerous boards and advisory boards, including the advisory board of Enterprising Women Magazine. She has been inducted into the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame.
- Fraser is a founder and member of the Committee of 200. She won the highest award possible in the field of communications, the Silver Anvil, for a specialized international campaign on United States and Japan communications and trade promotion.
About Enterprising Women Magazine:
Enterprising Women, with headquarters in Cary, N.C., 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. Published in both print and digital editions, the magazine's digital edition reaches more than 200,000 readers in 50 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.enterprisingwomen.com or call (919) 362-1551.
Emily Packard
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
emily@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/MMIPR
http://www.mmipublicrelations.com
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