Francine Manilow, President and Founder of Manilow Suites, was the first person in the United States to offer short-term corporate housing concentrating in the downtown Chicago area.Manilow Suites is a long line of firsts for Francine. In 1968 she formed a company providing “stewardesses” to work trade shows on their days off. Those women you see in the supermarkets doing food tastings, Francine was the first to offer that service. She was the fi...

Andrea March has successfully reinvented herself several times as a woman business owner and leader. Co-founding the Women's Leadership Exchange®, she says, is the fulfillment of her destiny, the culmination of all her previous experience, in business and in life. After selling real estate for some years, she and her husband Sy launched a jewelry import and distribution company, Andrea March Accessories. Andrea, who had always had a passion for j...

Harriet Diamond retired in 2005 from Diamond Associates Muti-faceted Training and Development, a company she founded in 1985. She now occasionally writes for Enterprising Women, blogs about exciting Atlantic City happenings for americancasinoguide.com,  serves on various community committees, and actively participates as a Garden State Film Festival board member.  Writing has always been an integral part of Harriet’s life.  Her ear...