''Diversity Woman'' magazine (commonly referred to as ''DW''), founded in 2007,
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, the motto of ''DW'' is “Leadership empowerment for women who mean business.”
Conferences
''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”. 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
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Soledad O’Brien
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Darla K. Anderson
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Life and career
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Publisher
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
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, and was nominated for the 2011 North Carolina Small Business of The Year. Robinson’s first book, ''Lead By Example'' is due out April 1, 2014.
Before launching Diversity Woman, Robinson was the publisher of the regional magazine ''North Carolina Career Network Magazine''.
Executive Editor
Executive Editor of ''DW'', Jackie Krentzman teaches courses in journalism at Berkley and also produced several documentaries, the first of which, American Jerusalem, would air on
PBS
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in summer 2014.
References
External links
Diversity Woman Magazine
Publisher Interview
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2007 establishments in North Carolina
Business magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 2007
Magazines published in North Carolina
Women's magazines published in the United States