VICTORIA COLLIGAN

Founder
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Victoria is the Founder of Ladies Who Launch, the first new media company to provide resources and connections for women entrepreneurs. She is the creator of Ladies Who Launch Online and the Featured Lady stories. She is also co-author of the book Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship and Creativity as a Lifestyle.

Victoria has been featured on “The Today Show,” in The New York Times, and in many other media outlets. Prior to starting Ladies Who Launch, Victoria worked as director of content and business development for Amsale, a high-end wedding gowns designer, where she relaunched their Web site, started an online magazine, and developed numerous strategic partnerships. Victoria began her career as a corporate lawyer at Kelley Drye and Warren in New York. She holds a JD / MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and a BA with honors from Brown University. Read full bio.

TRACI LONG

Chief Executive Officer
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Traci is an innovative, dynamic and seasoned professional with strong leadership skills, a committed philanthropic spirit and a proven talent for building high profile organizations with successful revenue models. She is recognized for recruiting and training sales teams that produce results with a client base that has included small to medium sized local, regional and national businesses in a variety of media-focused industries. From 1997 to 2004, Traci successfully led the growth of Southern Broadcasting Companies, Inc., a broadcasting cluster of radio stations, taking it from 1.2 million dollars to over 10 million dollars in sales. Traci has since developed successful revenue generating promotional events and opportunities which have consistently enhanced competitive marketing positioning, won favorable media and community recognition and supported substantial revenue growth through ThreeDM Communications Inc, an organization she founded in 2004.

Traci has a proven track record of success in launching new businesses and directing operations for successful businesses throughout the United States. She is also an integral part of the brand conception and start up implementation of revenue strategies for multiple businesses that continue to grow financially in the marketplace.

ALISON BIBB-CARSON

Director of Communications
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Alison Bibb-Carson joins Ladies Who Launch as director of communications. She has over 11 years of direct experience in the media and public relations field.
Upon graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal Communications from Ohio University, Alison’s first paying job was serving as then-Vice President Al Gore’s national director of correspondence for the Gore/Lieberman 2000 campaign in Washington, DC and later Nashville, TN.
In the years since the 2000 election, Alison has worked in media relations and/or communications director roles at the Communications Consortium Media Center in Washington, DC, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, The Cleveland Play House, University Circle Incorporated and the American Heart Association. Alison is also a skilled public speaker and reporter, having worked as a live TV host for Cleveland Indians baseball and a live emcee for Radio Disney in Cleveland.
Alison currently resides in Cleveland with her husband and daughter.

LEAH OSBORN

Social Media Manager
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Leah is the newest employee to Ladies Who Launch, and has taken on the social media side of the company. Raised in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Leah has always enjoyed working and being with people, as is evident in her working at local businesses starting at age fourteen. She took her spirit of helping people and adventure and went to Ohio University to major in Travel and Tourism. She graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor’s in Science. Leah has always shown a passion for her work and is beyond excited to be working with Ladies Who Launch.

BEATA BEGENIOVA-FEDORIOUK

Web Producer
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Beata Begeniova-Fedoriouk, a driving force behind-the-scenes in the development of the Ladies Who Launch Web site, came to the company with broad experience in computer information systems and Web support, most notably in the medical field. Beata’s personal passion in life is the performing arts. She spent most of her professional life singing the traditional music of Eastern Europe, performing on stages throughout Europe, Asia, and North America with the Poddukelsky Ukrainsky Ludovy Ensemble, Sarisan and Harmonia. She has been featured as a soloist on many recordings, including Makovicka Struna (Slovakia), Sarisan (Slovakia), Harmonia – Music of Eastern Europe (U.S.), and We Are One, a World Anthem (U.S.). Her professional career as a singer has taken her to venues such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Severance Hall. Beata’s love of music and singing eventually developed into an appreciation for linguistics. She is able to perform songs from the diverse ethnicities of Eastern Europe, seamlessly changing from one language and dialect to another. She is a fluent speaker of Slovak, Ukrainian, Carpatho-Rusyn, and Czech, and also has a working knowledge of Polish and Russian. Beata earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in education and performing arts from Pavol Safarik University in Slovakia. She currently resides in Cleveland.

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