Diversity Woman magazine (commonly referred to as DW), founded in 2007,[1] is an American business magazine that features original articles about entrepreneurship, career development, technology, finance, health, and diversity issues as they relate to women in the business world, spotlighting success stories of business women of all races. With a current circulation of approximately 100,000,[2] the motto of DW is “Leadership empowerment for women who mean business.”[3]

Diversity Woman
EditorJackie Krentzman
Design DirectorCathy Krizik
CategoriesBusiness, Diversity
PublisherSheila Robinson
Total circulation
(2013)
100,000
Founded2007
CountryUnited States
Based inBurlington, NC
LanguageEnglish
Websitediversitywoman.com

Conferences edit

Diversity Woman magazine sponsors yearly conferences, with the 8th annual conference being held in Washington D.C. in October 2013, under the theme “Mentors, Sponsors and Breaking the Glass Ceiling Through Our Allies”.[4] Each conference features an array of speakers, and culminates with the presentation of the Mosaic Woman Awards. Past honorees have included such respected figures as Maya Angelou,[5] Soledad O’Brien,[6] Darla K. Anderson, and Lynn Tilton.[7]

Publisher edit

The Publisher of DW, Sheila A. Robinson was named in 2009 as one of the Top 50 Women in Magazine Publishing by Publishing Executive (featured on the cover of the June issue). Robinson was also the keynote speaker at the 2008 wives luncheon at the NFL Pro Bowl,[8] and was nominated for the 2011 North Carolina Small Business of The Year.[9] Robinson’s first book, Lead By Example is due out April 1, 2014.[3] Before launching Diversity Woman, Robinson was the publisher of the regional magazine North Carolina Career Network Magazine.[1]

Executive Editor edit

Executive Editor of DW, Jackie Krentzman[10] teaches courses in journalism at Berkley and also produced several documentaries, the first of which, American Jerusalem, would air on PBS in summer 2014.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sturdivant, James. "Sheila Robinson: Dedicated to Serving Women in Business". Publishing Executive.
  2. ^ "10 Questions with … Sheila Robinson, Founder and Publisher, Diversity Woman". Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "About". 16 January 2010.
  4. ^ Conference 2013/
  5. ^ "Wells Fargo sponsors women's business conference to help increase workplace diversity". The Jackson Advocate. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. ^ "Women Business Leaders Convene at 2012 Diversity Women's Business Leadership Conference with Special Mosaic Lifetime Honoree CNN Anchor Soledad O'Brien". article.wn.com. July 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "Lynn Tilton named 2012 Diversity Woman Magazine's Mosaic Woman Legend". Businesswire. December 18, 2012.
  8. ^ "Sheila Robinson". Archived from the original on September 3, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  9. ^ "Dream. Rise. Lead". International Association of Women (IAW).
  10. ^ "Diversity Woman". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  11. ^ "Jackie Krentzman – Journalism Consultant | Insight@Berkeley". Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

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