Succeeding In Spite of Everything
About Sandra Yancey:Sandra Yancey is an award-winning entrepreneur, international business owner, ABC radio show-host, author, movie producer, speaker and philanthropist who is dedicated to helping women achieve and succeed. She is the founder and CEO of eWomenNetwork, the #1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses in North America.Sandra is the author ofRelationship Networking: The Art of Turning Contacts Into Connections; and co-author, with Julie Ziglar Norman, ofMastering Moxie: From Contemplating to Creating Absolute Success. She is featured inChicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul, which showcases some of the top entrepreneurs in North America.Sandra is the recipient of numerous business awards, including Excellence in Leadership from the Euro-American Women's Council in Athens, Greece; Microsoft's Entrepreneur Star Award; and the Women's Regional Publishing Association's Woman Advocate of the Year Award. The inspirational movie she produced, The GLOW Project, has impacted women all over the world by teaching them to embrace their glow and become authentic and purposeful in all they do.Central to Sandra's commitment to serving others is theeWomenNetwork Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports the financial and emotional health of women and children in need. Since its inception in 2000, the foundation has awarded millions of dollars in cash grants, in-kind donations and support to over 80 women's nonprofit organizations across North America, and funded 113 conference scholarships to emerging female leaders of tomorrow. For her role in mobilizing much-needed resources for the girl's high school basketball team of Pass Christian, Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina devastation, CNN featured Sandra as an American Hero.Sandra holds a Master of Science in organizational development from The American University in Washington, D.C., and a two-year postgraduate certification in "Organization and Systems Development" from the prestigious Gestalt Institute.