Speakers
Dr. Terry Neese has devoted her 30-year career to mentoring others in their search for life-work sustainability as the founder of Terry Neese Personnel Services, a multi-million dollar staffing firm in Oklahoma. She has led many non-profits: National Association of Women Business Owners, Women Impacting Public Policy, National Center for Policy Analysis, and US/Afghan Women’s Council. Neese founded the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women and its PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® program in 2006. In Afghanistan & Rwanda, over 500 women have graduated, over 13,000 jobs have been created, and 80% are still in business.
Dr. Neese made history in 1990 as the first woman nominated for Lt. Governor of Oklahoma. She was recognized by Fortune as one of the “Power 30” and is cited as an expert on economic issues affecting women and families. She has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, Entrepreneurial Women Magazine, and the Washington Times. Dr. Neese is a recurring guest on Fox News, CNN, and others.
She has been appointed to numerous councils and positions with nominations by leaders such as Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, including as the Director of the US Mint and to the Advisory Council for the US Committee for United Nations Development Fund for Women. She is also a pilot, a motivator, and dedicated to her family.