SCORE Women’s Success Blog

NOVEMBER GUEST BLOGGER

Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
Author, The Business Guide to Legal Literacy
Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, The No Nonsense Lawyer™, is a licensed attorney who earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University, her MBA degree from Cornell University, and her law degree from the Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, where she won awards for her advocacy skills. She has also taught on the faculty at the Duke University Fuqua School of Management and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Her legal career began in Washington, D.C., spanning private and government practice, including service at the U.S. International Trade Commission where one of her cases was decided by President Reagan. She moved to in-house practice in 1984, developing a diverse portfolio of increasing responsibility at Degussa Corporation, a subsidiary of Frankfurt based Degussa AG, and at Reichhold, Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo based Dainippon Ink and Chemicals. She is currently with a Fortune 500 company as Associate General Counsel. She also serves on the advisory board of WeComply, Inc., and the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics Education and speaks to various audiences on how the power of law can be used as a strategic business tool to improve profitability and customer satisfaction. View post by SCORE’s guest bloggers.

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Peg Corwin
Marketing Chair & Business Mentor, SCORE Chicago
Peg Corwin has extensive professional experience in sales, marketing, finance and management. She has worked in real estate, financial services and investment consulting firms, as well as nonprofits. She has held licenses as an insurance agent, securities broker, investment advisor and CPA. Corwin is also an avid user of social networking, managing a business blog and web 2.0 blog, as well as a social networking group. Recently, she was listed as one of the 73 Women Bloggers to Watch. As a SCORE counselor, she further assists budding entrepreneurs in the greater Chicago area. Find Peg on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listen to Peg’s podcast, “Estimating Expenses for Your Start-up.” View posts by Peg Corwin.

Peggy Duncan
Business Mentor, SCORE Atlanta
Peggy Duncan is a personal productivity expert, professional speaker, blogger and author of The Time Management Memory Jogger(TM), Conquer Email Overload with Outlook 2003, and Just Show Me Which Button to Click in PowerPoint 2003. She travels internationally helping small teams work smarter, and also speaking to audiences on organization, time management, and technology tips, tricks and strategies. Peggy has appeared on the TODAY Show, PBS and the Black Enterprise Business Report. She has been a SCORE Atlanta volunteer for five years and received a Distinguished Service Award in 2006. Peggy has a BBA in marketing and a train the trainer certification from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She was formally trained at IBM and was recognized by the chairman for streamlining processes that saved the company close to a million dollars a year. Listen to Peggy’s podcast, “Get More Done in Less Time.” View posts by Peggy Duncan.

Betty Otte
Business Mentor, SCORE Orange County
Betty Otte is an entrepreneur with an MBA from Harvard and 16 years of franchise experience. During her extensive career, she owned, operated, grew and sold numerous franchises. She is also a marketing and management expert, as well as a content contributor for www.score.org. Currently, Betty is a District Director for SCORE Orange County and serves on the SCORE Advisory Council. She is also a Platinum Service Award recipient for volunteerism. View posts by Betty Otte.

Christine Banning
VP of Marketing and Communications, SCORE Association
Christine Banning is a marketing expert. She leads strategic brand management, marketing, marketing alliances and PR & communications for SCORE nationally. She has successfully led SCORE’s digital marketing strategy, reaching nearly 3 million people each year. Christine reaches an audience of 500 million annually through SCORE’s PR efforts. Christine speaks nationally on branding, entrepreneurship, small business identity and marketing. Christine serves on the Board of Directors of Dress for Success, Washington, DC. She received her graduate degree from The American University in Washington, DC. She was recently named an Honorary Member of SCORE New York City. View posts by Christine Banning.