Quick Career Description:
I’m the owner of TeesForChange.com.
The More-Than-One-Line Career Description:
I like to think of myself as "Chief Inspiration Officer" for an eco-friendly, inspirational clothing company. My career now involves designing apparel that in turn inspires people to live life with passion, purpose and positivity.
Fast Family Facts:
I have wo boys, ages 1 and 3, and a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my business and career.
A Piece of Personal Trivia:
I’ve always had the entrepreneurial bug. When I was in college I knitted hats and sold them to my friends and when I graduated and got my first job, I installed a candy machine in my employer’s kitchen so I can make some extra cash. Those 25 cents really added up! I started Tees for Change in the Spring of 2007 when I was pregnant with my first son, after having worked with many eco and green companies to promote their products. I love yoga, reading magazines, and running my business!
Executive Mom Pearl of Wisdom:
Flexibility is key, but it only works if you build a structure and plan our your day/week in advance. The other pearl of wisdom I’ve acquired is that you can have it all as an Executive Mom, but you can’t always have it all at once. Sometimes your kids take priority and sometimes your business does. I used to fight this and think that I could be 100% in my business and 100% with my kids at all times, until I got my own office space and realized how much more productive I am when I give 100% of my attention to one thing at a time. And then when I come home, I am 100% focused on my kids.
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Want to be featured in a future Member Spotlight? Email us at emoms@executivemoms.com
Who Won… and Win More
The winner of the SuperMom Action Figure is Margaret Troyer from Trevor, Wisconsin. (And we just had to share her comment about why she should win: "My 3 kids are ages 6, 3 and 1. I work full-time as an HR Executive and commute from Wisconsin to Illinois everyday. I make my own chocolate, host every holiday at home, act as Chair of the Membership and Audit Committees of the PTO and still manage to work on knitting baby booties for a friend’s baby shower at night. I want a SuperMom doll!" [And you deserve one! But so do all of you; thank you fall or the fabulous comments]!
Now here’s another chance at Executive Moms fringe benefits: in concert with our feature this week of Andreea Ayers and her company TeesforChange.com, you can WIN one of TWO of her "Live Courageously" bamboo short sleeve tees (retail value $32 each). For your chance: email us at emoms@executivemoms.com and tell us you’d like to win a tee.