 Paula Lucas
American Domestic Violence Crisis Line
July 2008 |
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Paula lived what looked like an ideal life in the UAE: A Newsweek photojournalist husband, worldwide travel, a successful business and beautiful sons. But in reality, she was trapped by domestic violence. Finally her chance to escape materialized, thanks to a thief…
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 Anna Catalano
Senior Board Executive
June 2008 |
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In 2001, Fortune Magazine crowned Anna Catalano as one of the most powerful women in international business. At the time, she was in London serving as a Group Vice President, Marketing, for BP. These days, Anna serves on several high-profile Boards…
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Ambassador to Lebanon
May 2008 |
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Lyndall is currently Australia’s Ambassador to Lebanon. Before joining the Australian foreign service, Lyndall worked for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in London, Goma (formerly Zaire) and Belgrade.
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PR Go-Getter
April 2008 |
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Stacie Nevadomski Berdan is a real success story of working abroad. She went from a vice president position at Burson-Marstellar, one of the world’s leading public relations firms, to global managing director after a three-year stint in Asia. She then worked in-house for Unilever, before co-writing ‘Get Ahead By Going Abroad’ and now establishing herself as a successful author, speaker and consultant.
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 Sharyn Minahan
Ambassador to Denmark, Norway and Iceland
March 2008 |
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Sharyn is Australia’s current Ambassador to Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Prior to Denmark, she served in Buenos Aires (1995-96), Madrid (1988-92), Paris (1981-85), Santiago de Chile, Mexico City and in Canberra, Australia.
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 Amy Smilovic
Tibi Enterpreneur
February 2008 |
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Amy Smilovic started Tibi in 1997 when her husband was transferred to Hong Kong. She had a choice-- report to her husband at American Express or start her own business. She chose the latter! Tibi fashions are now found in over 200 specialty stores and upscale department stores around the world.
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 Gail Elliott
Celebrity Supermodel
January 2008 |
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Gail Elliott’s first expat experience as a model in Japan, strutting the global catwalks for famous designers and gracing magazine covers such as Vogue, Bazaar and Elle. She considers Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson and Helena Christensen her good friends. And now she’s busy with her own fashion label…
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 Glenda Stone
Founder and CEO of Aurora December 2007 |
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Glenda Stone is a shining example of a successful expat woman who created a profitable women-focused business abroad. Glenda won BusinessWeek’s Business Vision Award in 2004, was awarded Pioneer of the Nation by HM the Queen in 2003 and won European Businesswoman of the Year in 2002.
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 Jo Parfitt
Journalist, Author and Publisher
November 2007 |
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Jo Parfitt is a successful journalist and author. She has written more than 20 books on subjects ranging from careers, through computers to cookery, helps others to achieve their publishing dreams, is founder of The Book Cooks, speaks at conferences about life on the Expat Rollercoaster, owns her own publishing company (Summertime Publishing) and is in charge of publishing for the Outpost Archive
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 Kathleen van der
Wilk-Carlton
Permits Foundation
October 2007 |
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Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton is the director of Permits Foundation, a non-profit corporate initiative to persuade governments to relax work permit regulations for expatriate partners. Her interest in dual career support grew from 1995 when she set up the Shell Group’s....
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 Nancy Reisig
Corporate Expat
Chennai, India
September 2007 |
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Nancy Reisig is currently the Vice President, Human Resources, for Ford in Chennai, India. She took this position in 2005, after years of dedication to Ford and Auto Alliance International. Earlier in her career, she was the first woman to manage a U.S. state trade office in Japan.
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 Katherine Song
Expat / Repat & President of EPWS Shanghai
August 2007 |
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Katherine Song is the Project Manager and Site Leader of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Airplane Programs in Shanghai. Prior to this assignment, Katherine has worked in various positions in Boeing in Seattle WA, supporting functions across Finance, Sales & Marketing, Engineering and Supply Chain Management.
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 Kristin Engvig
WIN Mastermind
July 2007 |
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Kristin Engvig is the networking genius behind W.I.N. (Women's International Networking) - the group that has brought together more than 4,000 professionals from 70 countries since it was established in 1998, when Norwegian...
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 Virginia Anderson
Property Tycoon
June 2007 |
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Virginia Anderson and her husband Chris, arrived in Australia from New Zealand in 1991, with a AU$1400 loan and the dream of a better life abroad. Today, the couple are worth AU$35 million and are...
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 Andrea Bruce
Photographer of the Year
May 2007 |
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| Andrea Bruce has been a photojournalist with the Washington Post since 2001. Andrea lived in Iraq for 18 months and has traveled in Kashmir, Pakistan, Iraq, and Beirut (among other places) doing was she does best, taking pictures ... |
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 Laura Lee
Fashionista to the Stars
April 2007 |
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| Laura switched from Corporate Executive to Fashionista to the Stars, after her expat experience in Asia changed her forever. |
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 Debbie Jenkins
Queen of Reinvention
March 2007 |
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| Debbie’s courage to reinvent herself over and over, and to take risks in search of her passion and desired lifestyle, serves as a true inspiration... |
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 Kristina Bouweiri
Limousine Legend
February 2007 |
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Kristina started with only 5 limos. Today they have 250 employees, 130 vehicles and they are now the 28th largest limousine service in the US...
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 Cornelia Zicu
Beauty Guru in NYC
January 2007 |
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Too busy at this moment for a massage or a facial? Get a mental pick-me-up from Cornelia Zicu's inspirational story...
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