Our September Event:

Speaker: Marissa Levin

Friday, September 24th, 2010
11:00am-1:30pm

Change of Location (this month only!)
Tysons Corner Marriott
8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182

As Founder and CEO of Information Experts, Marissa Levin leads the effort to define, shape, and evangelize the organization’s values, mission, vision, growth strategy, brand, and corporate culture.

Information Experts is an 8(a) certified, award-winning consultancy that Marissa founded in 1995 in her spare bedroom. IE helps companies and agencies align their business & human capital strategies, and fulfill their missions through compellng integrated communications and educational programs.

Marissa has led the organization’s entry into the federal market to achieve a sizeable presence in 17 agencies spanning all facets of government (civilian, defense, and intelligence), the capture of multiple GSA schedules, the award of the highly competitive OPM TMA Human Capital and Training Contracts, and many others. Ms. Levin’s key objective is to ensure customer and employee satisfaction and generate profitability for the company.

Through her knowledge of instructional design, organizational development, integrated communications, and other areas critical to business and organizational success, Ms. Levin has become known throughout the national business community as a leader and visionary. She is also the national Women’s Entrepreneurship columnist for the DC Examiner , and is a regular columnist for www.womengrowbusiness.com and The Washington Post.

Under her leadership, Information Experts was named as a small business success story for USAID, has won more than 70 awards for creativity and leadership, and was named to the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies for 2009 and 2010.

Ms. Levin was named as a 2009 and 2010 SmartCEO Smart 100 participant by SmartCEO Magazine, which recognizes the top 100 CEOs in the region, and was named as a 2008 BRAVO Award winner, which honors the region’s 25 most influential women CEOs. She was also named as one of Washington’s Top 100 Technology Titans for 2009 by Washingtonian Magazine. She was a finalist for the 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and for the 2004 Women in Technology Entrepreneur Leadership Award, and was also named as a finalist for the national Stevie Awards in three categories: Best Entrepreneur - Service Businesses; Employer of the Year; and Women Helping Women.

Marissa was selected as one of greater Washington’s “Women Who Mean Business” by the Washington Business Journal, which honors the region’s “most influential and powerful” women executives. In addition, she was nominated for the Women President’s Organization (WPEO) Outstanding Women's Business Advocate Award.

Marissa has been featured in USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal, Working Mother Magazine, Washington Woman Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine, Inc. Magazine, BisNow, Fortune, and on many TV networks as a successful woman business owner and working mother.

Marissa’s heartfelt passion is mentoring other business owners, and providing a path of insight & inspiration for those that are also committed to fulfilling their entrepreneurial dreams. She is a highly sought-after speaker as an expert in what it takes to successfully build a multi-million dollar government contracting business, how to navigate the challenging transition from private sector to federal sector, and how to build a thriving business while living a fulfilling life.

Marissa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English, and a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Development & Instructional Design. She lives in Ashburn, VA with her husband Adam, her sons Jared & Jordan, and their Golden-Doodle Lexie. When she isn’t penning a column or working on her book, she’s probably training at the gym, engrossed in a book, or enjoying a concert or theatre production.