October 2005: Annie Clifford
was nominated again for the Boston's North Shore Business and Professional
Women of the Year Award.
2003: Annie
Clifford Clifford Enterprises Web Design,was
chosen as one of several winners of the Boston's
North Shore Business and Professional Women of the Year Award,
see
In the News North Shore Surfer Newspaper write up, July, 2003
Boston
Globe, Calendar, Thursday, November 7, 2003
People/North, by Lisa Capone
WINNING
WOMEN -- Wanda Ritchie, senior operations manager at Eastman Gelatine
in Peabody, won the Lydia Pinkham Award at last month's North of Boston
Business and Professional Women of the Year Expo. While Ritchie earned
top honors, awards also went to 18 other women representing the North
Shore, Lynn Area, Peabody, Saugus, Marblehead, Salem, and Winthrop chambers
of commerce. Awardees are: Koren Brodin of Hilltop Steak House in
Saugus; Janice Forsstrom of North Shore Community College; Nancy Gallo
of Carlson GMAC Real Estate in Lynn; Lynne Holton of Keyspan; Helen
Janielis of Mikem Billing in Winthrop; Janice Jarosz of The Saugonian
in Saugus; Judy Josephs of Lynn Vocational & Technical Institute;
Mary Ann Kent of Classic Faces in Peabody; Deborah Kneeland of For Kids
Only Afterschool in Winthrop; Brenda Koskinen of Appleseed's in Beverly;
Lisa Martin of Martin & Co. in Gloucester; Judy Selesnick of Workforce
Development Association of Massachusetts in Peabody; Carol Shube of
Shubie's Marketplace, Wines & Spirits in Marblehead; Nancy Harrington
of Salem State College; Annie Clifford of Clifford Enterprises in
Marblehead; Phyllis LeBlanc of Harbor Sweets in Marblehead; Phyllis
Sagan of Sagan Agency Realtors in Swampscott; and Beverly Phipps of
Winthrop Food Pantry.
The
Lynn Daily Item Newspaper, Friday October 17, 2003
Expo
celebrates women in business
By Jill Ricker
Friday, October 17, 2003
Winner
of North of Boston Business and Professional Women of the Year Award,
2003. Nominated by the Salem Chamber of Commerce and one of 19 winners
from 47 nominees. Presented by the The Daily Item and the Eastern Bank
and General Electric.
Approximately
300 professionals from north of Boston celebrated women in business
at Thursday's Third Annual North of Boston Business and Professional
Women of the Year Expo and Awards Luncheon presented by The Daily Item,
Eastern Bank and General Electric.The daylong event, held at North Shore
Community College, featured seminars on financial planning and business
ownership issues facing women in business in the 21st century.
The seminars culminated in a celebratory luncheon, honoring 46 nominees
for the Businesswoman of the Year Award and the Lydia Pinkham Award,
named after a successful Lynn businesswoman who founded an herbal remedy
company in 1875.
This
year's Lydia Pinkham Award was given to Wanda Ritchie, senior operations
manager at Eastman Gelatine in Peabody. Ritchie has been credited with
moving Eastman Gelatine from one of the world's lowest quality producers
to one the highest quality producers of photographic gelatin. "This
is overwhelming, especially considering the exceptional leaders gathered
here today," Ritchie said while accepting the award. The Daily
Item Scholarship was also presented to a woman studying business sciences
at North Shore Community College - student Carla Ramos. "She not
only gets accolades as a hard working student, but as a hardworking
professional, and possibly even more as a hardworking mother of two
college students," said Item President Peter H. Gamage, who presented
Ramos with the award.
Axcelis
Technologies Inc. President and CEO Mary Puma was the event's keynote
speaker. She discussed the lack of women in her field and in business
as a whole. "I've been to industry meetings where I'm one of only
a handful of women," she said. "And I've been to more than
one industry meeting where I've been the only woman. And I have to say
I almost never encounter the proverbial line for the ladies room. I've
grown accustomed to being the only woman in the room." Puma recalled
a time when she worked at General Electric, and the challenges she overcame
during that period. "It was 1991 and GE had just offered me a position
to head up the Midwest electric subsidiary in Minnesota," she said.
"This was my first chance to run a business. There was just one
problem - I was seven months pregnant and living in New Jersey."
"But I accepted the challenge," she continued. "So I
was (dealing with the combination of) learning a new job, commuting
from home in New Jersey to Minnesota and getting to know two obstetricians.
But I was the first employee to balance pregnancy and a general manager
level job. I later found out that (former GE CEO Jack Welch) had asked
a corporate doctor to follow me around." Once she had the baby,
Puma said she received a letter from Welch that has continued to motivate
her through the years.
"It read, 'Congrats, this was a gutsy move,'" she said. "And
when I'm making tough decisions today, I think back to 1991 and to that
note."
Puma
also encouraged the women in attendance to teach young girls about their
jobs. "(Studies have shown) that girls have an incomplete and inaccurate
view of what business entails," she said. "Girls do not fully
understand business or appreciate its power to change the world. Girls
feel unprepared and poorly equipped to succeed in the business world.
Teenage girls represent the future of leadership. So be a source of
information; be a leader for the next generation. Be role models and
mentors."
Item
Publisher B.J. Frazier said the luncheon was a success for the third
consecutive year. "This is more than just an award luncheon,"
he said. "This is a celebration of the vitality, dedication and
success of the professional women throughout north of Boston."
Of
the 46 nominees for woman of the year, 19 women were selected for the
award. They were Koren Broden, Hilltop Steak House & Butcher Shop,
public relations; ANNIE CLIFFORD, CLIFFORD ENTERPRISES, Owner;
Janice Forsstrom, North Shore Community College, vice president administration
and finance; Nancy Gallo, Carlson GMAC Real Estate; Nancy Harrington,
Salem State College President; Lynne Holton, Keyspan Energy, community
relations manager; Helen Janielis, Mikem Billing, medical billing services;
Janice Jarosz, The Saugonian newspaper, historian, author; Judy Josephs,
Lynn Vocational & Technical Institute, education counselor; Mary
Ann Kent, Classic Faces, Peabody spa; Deborah Kneeland, Kids Only Afterschool
Daycare serving Revere and Winthrop; Brenda Koskinen, Appleseed's, clothing
store; Phyliss LeBlanc, Harbor Sweets, Owner; Lisa Martin, Martin &
Company, business growth, communications, marketing; Beverly Phipps,
Winthrop Community Food Bank, pantry; Wanda Ritchie, Eastman Gelatine;
Phyllis Sagan, Sagan Agency Realty, owner; Judy Selesnick, Workforce
Investment Association of Mass; Carol Shube, Shubie's Marketplace, Marblehead
foods, wines spirits retailer.
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