Released on: September 4, 2008, 10:48 am

Press Release Author: MMI ASSOCIATES, INC.

Industry: Media

Press Release Summary: Leah Brown, Bridget Soyka-Smith, Jennifer Collins, Carol
Curran And Debra Politte Join As Board Members

Press Release Body: RALEIGH, N.C. – Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising
Women magazine (www.enterprisingwomen.com), has named Leah Brown, Bridget
Soyka-Smith, Jennifer Collins, Carol Curran and Debra Politte as Enterprising Women
National Advisory Board members.

Brown is the owner of Aten Solutions, Inc. (A10), a clinical trials research company
in Cary, N.C. She is a co-founder and board member of Diversity Alliance for
Science, Inc. and a Triangle Business Impact Leader for 2008. Soyka-Smith is the
founder of Soyka Smith Design Studios, an Upper Montclair, NJ-based library
furniture dealership and interior design consulting company.
She volunteers her time to redesign and supply new furniture and equipment to local
schools in her community, and was a finalist in the 2008 Enterprising Women of the
Year Awards. Collins, president of The Event Planning Group, LLC, has 10 years of
business experience and currently operates a full-service meetings and event
management company in Washington, D.C. She is president of the Nation’s Capital
Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and was a 2008
Enterprising Women of the Year award winner. Curran is the owner of Phoenix Data
Corporation located in Indianapolis. She is actively involved in the Big
Brothers/Big Sisters mentorship program, and received a 2008 Enterprising Women of
the Year Award. Politte owns Dieb Enterprises, a Hillsboro, MO-based complete sales
and service organization that serves bottlers and operators in the vending industry.
She is involved in The Workforce Preparation Program, a mentoring program at a
community college that prepares women to enter the workplace, and was a finalist in
the 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards.

Members of the Enterprising Women National Advisory Board provide advice to the
publication’s staff to tailor the publication to meet the needs of entrepreneurial
women.

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www.enterprisingwomen.com
www.atensolutions.com
www.soykasmith.com
www.epgevents.com
www.phoenixdatacorporation.com
www.mwassoc.com
www.mmimarketing.com

News Facts:

• Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine
(www.enterprisingwomen.com), has named Leah Brown, Bridget Soyka-Smith, Jennifer
Collins, Carol Curran and Debra Politte as Enterprising Women National Advisory
Board members.
• Brown is the owner of Aten Solutions, Inc. (A10), a clinical trials research
company in Cary, N.C. She is a co-founder and board member of Diversity Alliance
for Science, Inc. and a Triangle Business Impact Leader for 2008.
• Soyka-Smith is the founder of Soyka Smith Design Studios, an Upper Montclair,
NJ-based library furniture dealership and interior design consulting company. She
volunteers her time to redesign and supply new furniture and equipment to local
schools in her community, and was a finalist in the 2008 Enterprising Women of the
Year Awards.
• Collins, president of The Event Planning Group, LLC, has 10 years of business
experience and currently operates a full-service meetings and event management
company in Washington, D.C. She is president of the Nation’s Capital Chapter of the
National Association of Women Business Owners and was a 2008 Enterprising Women of
the Year award winner.
• Curran is the owner of Phoenix Data Corporation located in Indianapolis. She is
actively involved in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentorship program, and received a
2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award.
• Politte owns Dieb Enterprises, a Hillsboro, MO-based complete sales and service
organization that serves bottlers and operators in the vending industry. She is
involved in The Workforce Preparation Program, a mentoring program at a community
college that prepares women to enter the workplace, and was a finalist in the 2008
Enterprising Women of the Year Awards.
• Members of the Enterprising Women National Advisory Board provide advice to the
publication’s staff to tailor the publication to meet the needs of entrepreneurial
women.

Quotes:
“We are honored to welcome these fine women to the Enterprising Women National
Advisory Board,\" Smiley said. \"We look forward to working with them and growing
from all of the business knowledge they will bring to the table.”

About Enterprising Women:
Enterprising Women, headquartered in Cary, NC, is the nation’s only women-owned
magazine published exclusively for women business owners that chronicles the growing
political, economic and social influence and power of entrepreneurial women. The
magazine provides a friendly meeting place, a public forum, and a national stage for
the critical issues confronting women’s businesses and daily lives from the unique
perspectives and experiences of entrepreneurial women. For more information, visit
www.enterprisingwomen.com or call (919) 362-1551.

Keywords:
Enterprising Women National Advisory Board, Monica Smiley, Women Entrepreneurs, Leah
Brown, Bridget Soyka-Smith, Jennifer Collins, Carol Curran, Debra Politte, Aten
Solutions, Inc., Soyka Smith Design Studios, The Event Planning Group, Phoenix Data
Corp., Dieb Enterprises, 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC

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Contact Details: Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC