Mary Riebe, Ph.D.
Director of the Center
Dr. Mary Riebe is a faculty member and the founding director of the Center for Women's Entrepreneurship at Chatham University. The center helps women shorten their learning curve to success by providing practical, expert guidance dedicated to business growth. Dr. Riebe brings to the Center a wealth of experience in entrepreneurship as a business owner, professor of entrepreneurship in the U. S. and Ireland for almost twenty years, consultant to over 150 business owners, and mentor.
Dr. Mary Riebe is a frequent public speaker and a presenter on issues of women business owners and women's leadership at seminars and conferences locally, nationally, and internationally. She presented at the World Conference of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) in Belfast, Ireland, in 2003 and at the Third China-US Women's Issues Conference in Beijing, China, in 2002. Dr. Riebe served as a United States delegate at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s Accelerating Women's Entrepreneurship Global Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, in June 2004.
Passionate about helping women find their paths to fulfilled lives, Dr. Riebe has a strong background as a mentor. She received five awards in the past two years, including The Minnesota Women in Business Advocate Award for 2004 from the U. S. Small Business Administration.
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