WBO-MC Leadership 2012 - 2013
Dr. Naomi Abrams is president of Worksite Health & Safety Consultants, LLC, a company that creates injury prevention programs for corporations and completes ergonomic evaluations of workspaces. She lectures around the country on aging in the workplace, workplace ergonomics, and the economics of ergonomics.
Susan Potter, Immediate Past President
Susan Potter, Immediate Past President, is an attorney with Press, Potter & Dozier, LLC, a full-service business law firm located in Bethesda. Susan’s practice focuses on business transactions and commercial real estate. Susan has lived in Montgomery County for almost 20 years and has been a member of WBO since 2008.
My name is Nancy Paul and I am a business coach and consultant. Through strategic partnering, goal setting and other techniques I help business owners define and achieve their goals. WBO offers a great way to connect with other women business owners to share resources, ideas, referrals and friendship. I've been a WBO member for four years and am thrilled to be on the 2012-2013 board. Nancy@BullseyeCoaching.com
Mary Florian is the proprietor of Mary Florian, Accounting and Tax as well as a partner at XactBooks. Mary is an accountant and provides full service bookkeeping and tax preparation for individuals and small businesses and has been doing so for over of 20 years. Mary graduated from Frostburg State University with a BS in Accounting, is an Enrolled Agent and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Mary can be reached at 240-274-4674 or at Mary@XactBooks.net
Laurel Jones, MBA, is an Independent Patient Advocate and owner of Infinity Business and Concierge Services, LLc, a lifestyle management company that provides day-to-day support for clients. These support services include housekeeping, transportation assistance, in-home meal preparation, and others directed toward clients who need to comply with medical directives. We provide the right support at the right time. Ms Jones has more than 25 years’ of healthcare administration, project management and customer service experience – expertise that helps her clients and their families make informed decisions. Ms Jones also speaks on patient responsibilities and rights, patient advocacy, positive aging and lifestyle management.
Vicki Porter is a residential realtor with Miller Realtors (A Long and Foster Co.). She can be reached at 301-325-2965, or online at www.vickiporter.net; Vicki.porter@LNF.com. Vicki says about WBO: " I love the program speakers, events, and how WBO member support and help each other out in business and personal ways. I enjoy this position so I can spread the word about WBO and assist our members to take advantage of the amazing benefits of WBO!"
Mary Jefferson is owner of Make It Count Marketing – a Rockville, MD consulting firm experienced in creating marketing solutions designed to work for your company. Mary has over 25 years’ experience as a marketing executive with Fortune 500 companies as well as small, privately-owned businesses. Make It Count Marketing provides strategic direction to companies with measurable results. The company has a proven ability in developing and communicating unique solutions that bring prospects in the door. You can contact Make It Count Marketing and Mary at MJ@MakeItCountMarketing.com.
Doris Barber is owner of Blessed Baskets, a gift solutions company located in Gaithersburg. Doris is a gift specialist and has over 10 years of experience in helping business owners express appreciation to their valued customers, clients and business associates. Doris has been a member of WBO since 2003 and can be reached at (240) 449-GIFT (4438) or dabwbo@blessedbaskets.com.
Wendy Howard of WH Consulting has over 25 years of experience working in the Information Technology field. She specializes in streamlining IT systems to conserve natural resources and increase productivity. A native Washingtonian, Ms. Howard is the owner of WH Consulting based in Wheaton, Maryland. For the past 6 years, her practice has focused on bringing “green technology” to Washington metro area customers. Ms. Howard has been an ardent volunteer in Montgomery County for 10 years, participating as a volunteer and project coordinator during community service week and other volunteer efforts. Wendy is also president of the GreenWheaton (www.greenwheaton.org) board which is dedicated to outreach and education to promote Wheaton, Maryland as a model sustainable community.