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Women in Consulting Announces New Advisory Board

San Mateo, CA – May 6, 2004 – Women In Consulting (WIC), a Bay Area umbrella organization of seasoned professional consultants, announced today that nine prominent business leaders have joined the organization’s first advisory board. The advisory board’s charter is to enhance WIC’s marketing efforts as well as enhance the board of director’s efforts to connect members with the resources and information they need to accelerate their consulting practices.

WIC's new advisory board members include:

• Erna Arnesen, former vice president, worldwide channels, Fujitsu Softek
• Susan Burnett, senior vice president, talent attraction & development, The Gap, Inc.
• Mark Cannice, Ph.D., associate professor of entrepreneurship, and director and founder of the Entrepreneurship Program, School of Business & Management, University of San Francisco
• John Eggen, publisher, Mission Marketing
• Kathy Gogan, vice president, marketing, Responsys,
• Vickie Mitchell, senior manager, Business Advisory Services, Grant Thornton
• Denise Peck, vice president, marketing operations, Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Margie Roelands, senior director, enterprise marketing communications, Adobe
• Bette Young, director, human resources, WJ Communications

According to WIC president, Deborah Henken, “With the outstanding group of leaders on our advisory board, we can identify ways to increase the visibility of our top-tier consulting talent within the Bay Area. We are excited that this diverse group of professionals has agreed to share its collective experience with our board. The advisory board’s experience will also be an asset to the WIC community in incorporating best practices into their individual businesses.”

About WIC
Women in Consulting is a dynamic organization of seasoned professional consultants in more than 30 specialties, ranging from engineering to financial advising and marketing. Our dual mission is to provide companies seeking consultant talent with access to a premier resource of top tier consultants and to provide a forum for consultants to share information and to effectively manage and grow their consulting practices. A non-profit corporation, WIC was established in 1998 as a collaborative community to foster successful consulting practices for its members. For more information, visit www.womeninconsulting.org.