Gloria Larkin Chosen to Serve on the 2012-2013 WIPP Education Foundation Board of Directors

Columbia, MD, August 23, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), the nation’s largest nonpartisan women’s business group, announces the Board of Directors for the WIPP Education Foundation. Among those chosen is TargetGov President Gloria Larkin from Columbia, Maryland. Those chosen to serve are prominent women business leaders from across the country with strong track records of success both in business as well as in advocacy.

“This is one of the few truly proactive, results-oriented national organizations focused on improving opportunities for business women to build their business, hire employees and rebuild the economy,” said Gloria Larkin, “One of the problems business women have is that we do not think big enough. The WIPP Educational Foundation gives us a perfect opportunity to help business women open their eyes to the opportunities for growth.”

Seated on the WIPP Foundation Board of Directors are:

Barbara Kasoff, Women Impacting Public Policy, San Francisco, CA
Gloria Larkin, TargetGov, Columbia, MD
Jennifer Bisceglie, Interos Solutions, McClean, VA
Cary Broussard, Broussard Marketing Communications, Jersey City, NJ
Angela Dingle, Ex Nililo Management, Washington, D.C.
Forough Ghramani, Life Sciences Computing, Princeton, NJ
Nancy Goshow, Goshow Architects, New York, NY
Sylvia Medina, North Wind Group, Idaho Falls, ID
Nicolina Stewart, Capital Management Advisors, Sarasota, FL

“These women are leaders who understand and exemplify the importance of engaging women business owners in the political and public policy process. Each of these women understands how legislation can impact a company’s bottom line and ability to grow. They are leaders both locally and nationally,” said WIPP President, Barbara Kasoff.

As board members, they will provide strategic counsel on strengthening the relationship between advocacy and education, and the impact of women-owned businesses at federal legislative and executive levels. They will bring their unique perspective to develop tools and resources to increase job creation, establish public/private partnerships, and boost economic growth. The board members clearly define the relationship between the priority issues facing women-owned businesses, and the education, resources and tools required to successfully grow their businesses.

About Gloria Larkin:
Gloria Larkin, National Marketing and Business Expert, is President of Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc. (MOA) and its division, TargetGov. The TargetGov division focuses on government procurement and related business development and marketing services including minority certification services, contract development, proposal management, contract administration and expert federal contracting services Larkin has been interviewed on MSNBC, quoted in the Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com and is the author of two books: “The Basic Guide To the U.S. Federal Government” (book & Kindle) and “The Veterans Business Guide: How to Build a Successful Government Contracting Business” now in the fourth printing (book & Kindle).

About WIPP:
WIPP is a national nonpartisan public policy organization, advocating on behalf of nearly 1 million women-owned businesses representing 64 business organizations. WIPP provides timely economic policy information, identifies important trends and opportunities to its membership, and provides a collaborative model for the public and private sectors to increase the economic power of women-owned businesses.

Visit WIPP at www.wipp.org and its award winning education programs: www.GiveMe5.com, www.WomenandTechnologyToday.com, www.WomenAccessingCapital.com and www.EntrepreneursandEnergy.com.