September 22, 2011  Williamstown, WV   Local business owner and M.B.A. graduate, Debra J. “Debbie” Cunningham was the guest speaker at the University of Charleston’s Executive M.B.A. program. 

 

Ms. Cunningham spoke about the critical challenges that leaders and managers will be facing in the future.   She discussed the vital and changing role of strategic planning in relationship to the “new economy”, how collaborative efforts will be required for continued growth, and how managers and leaders should prepare themselves for massive, rapid and constant change never seen before.   She also discussed the issue of how to put America back to work and how managers and leaders will play a key role in jump-starting our economy.  

 

“Our country faces many challenges right now.   We must remember that we have faced challenges before and it is no different.   We have many, many excellent business leaders who have the talent and the vision that we need to move us forward.    By combining our ingenuity, creativity and business knowledge together and by beginning to see this as not the nation’s problem, but our problem, we will begin a new strategic phase in our evolution, one that will rely on the creation of new ways of doing business, new ways of viewing ourselves in the global marketplace and new ways of creating commerce and thus jobs,” she commented. 

 

Ms. Cunningham is the President and CEO of Evergreen Business Strategies located in Williamstown, WV.  She is a certified business coach and consultant providing strategic guidance for business owners who want to make huge leaps in their business and personal revenue and in their lifestyles.

 

Prior to opening her own business, Debbie held senior level positions at three hospitals moving her way up to Vice President.  She managed numerous multi-million dollar projects and was an expert in the development of alliances and networks.  Today she brings her many years of hands-on experience in the corporate environment to small business owners helping them break through the blocks that hold them back from their dreams and goals and turns their small businesses into small empires creating the money and lifestyle so desperately desired by those she coaches.

 

She is considered the “go to guru” for small business owners who want to get on the “fast track” immediately. 

 

Debbie is known for her strategic leadership in helping create million dollar companies.  Her “6 Hours to 6 Figures” © intensive one-day platinum program develops a revenue pyramid that allows entrepreneurs, solo-preneurs, and small business owners to create a detailed plan to generate $100,000 or more in 12 months.    And, her “Get Noticed and Step Into Your Power” © group coaching program shows even the most modest person how to begin creating powerful positive promotion about themselves, their products and services and their businesses the very next day.  

 

Debbie holds an M.B.A. from West Virginia University and a B.A. in Business with concentration in marketing & advertising from Glenville State College. She completed both degrees while working full time.

 

She has served in many leadership roles in her community including Vice President, Newsletter Editor and Program Chairwoman for her community's first Women's Association, Regional Network Director for the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), Public Relations Chairperson for the Greater Parkersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Public Relations Executive for the Academy of Medicine, and the Parkersburg Homecoming Festival Board of Directors.  She also was the co-founder of the Chamber of Commerce's first Executive Women's Conference which is now in its 15th year.  Additionally, she pioneered two investment groups for her local area and created a Medical Managers Association. 

 

Currently she is a member of the IAWBC (International Association of Women in Business Coaching; WeCai (Women E-Commerce Association International), MBA’s Without Borders, Forbes Women, and the CEO Women’s Club.

 

Recent achievements include being named as a Woman of Excellence by the National Association of Professional and Executive Women (2010-2011); Cambridge Who’s Who (2010-2011); National Association of Professional Women (2010); Biltmore Who’s Who Among Executives and Professional Women (2010); and was published in the Women’s Advantage Shared Wisdom Calendar (2010) and is scheduled to be published again in 2011.

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