witnessed the evolution of professional women’s issues early in her career while working on the staff of Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro in Washington, D.C. She then developed research and public relations expertise with a small woman-owned business that served high-profile clients such as The International Herald Tribune, and later with the Public Broadcasting Service managing the PR effort for its Adult Learning Service. Eliza worked for a year after her first child was born, and then left the full-time workforce for four years as she raised her two daughters (now 22 and 19). She continued to develop communications and research skills through volunteer and freelance projects until her children were in elementary school. Eliza then returned to the workforce in earnest, establishing her own consulting firm and working with prestigious clients such as N.W. Ayer, where she worked on the De Beers, KitchenAid and GM accounts; UBS Paine Webber and Plan Sponsor magazine. In addition to professional pursuits, Eliza has been an active community volunteer and mother of two college-aged daughters.

has been through many stages of work-life balance as she has pursued work without interruption since the age of 16. Early in her professional career she developed and led training programs for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell (now KPMG), and developed seminars and conferences for Institutional Investor magazine. She left the magazine to establish her own investment marketing communications firm, which she ran successfully for 17 years from a home office. During this period she was also the co-founder of a small investment publishing company that created sponsored books, newsletters and seminars for the investment community. An accomplished writer, editor and marketing strategist, Kathryn’s client list has included the top 20 investment firms, as well as the New York Stock Exchange, the Employee Benefit Research Institute, Time, Inc. and the Association of Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE). Now the mother of two girls (17 and 8), Kathryn balances her professional life with a full family schedule.