WPO Member Featured Speaker At Middle East And North African Women Business Summit

The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) East Bay Chapter member Cecilia McCloy, president of Integrated Science Solutions, Inc. (ISSi), was a featured speaker and participant at the 2006 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Businesswomen’s Summit Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The summit brought 250 women business leaders from the region together with women executives and women business owners from the United States to share solutions for challenges they face in business and help take business in the region to a new level. The event was sponsored by the Middle East Partnership Initiative of the U.S. State Department with support from the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council and the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The WPO is a nonprofit membership organization for a diverse group of women presidents who have guided their businesses to at least $2 million in gross annual sales (or $1 million for a service-based business).


News Facts:

· Cecilia McCloy, president of Integrated Science Solutions, Inc. (ISSi), was a featured speaker and participant at the 2006 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Businesswomen’s Summit Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
· McCloy is an East Bay Chapter member of the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO).
· Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., is president and founder of the WPO.
· The 2006 (MENA) Businesswomen’s Summit brought 250 women business leaders from the region together with women executives and women business owners from the United States to share solutions for challenges they face in business and help take business in the region to a new level.
· Event Sponsor: the Middle East Partnership Initiative of the U.S. State Department with support from the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council and the Abu Dahbi Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Quotes:
"I was honored to be asked to attend this event by the U.S. State Department and excited to meet fellow women entrepreneurs," said McCloy. "This summit highlighted and supported businesswomen, and I was proud to share our accomplishments at ISSi as part of it."

"Cecilia is an outstanding entrepreneur and excellent representative for this summit," said Firestone. "She is a leader within her industry as well as a champion for women in business. We are confident that the insights she provided to participants will prove especially effective in their future business strategies."

About Integrated Science Solutions, Inc.:
Integrated Science Solutions, Inc. (ISSi) is a successful, certified woman-owned science and engineering firm that provides cost-effective professional services to federal, state and commercial clients. The company has offices in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.issi-net.com.

About Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO):
The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) locally and internationally connects top women entrepreneurs at the million and multimillion-dollar level ($2 million in gross annual sales or $1 million for service-based business) for greater personal and professional success. In monthly meetings across the US and Canada, chapters composed of 20 accomplished women presidents from diverse industries and backgrounds invest time and energy in themselves and their businesses to drive their corporations to the next level. For more information, call 212-688-4114 or visit http://www.womenpresidentsorg.com.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com

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