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Sharon Lechter
A life-long education advocate, Sharon Lechter is the co-author of the international best-selling book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and the Rich Dad series of books, as well as one of the founders of the Rich Dad companies and inventor of the CASHFLOW for Kids board game. She is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, CPA, international speaker and mother.
During Sharon's 11 years with the Rich Dad companies, they grew into an international powerhouse with over 20 books, board games, Web sites, CDs, audio cassettes and seminars. More than 27 million Rich Dad books have been sold around the world. In 2007, Sharon left the managerial board of The Rich Dad Company to pursue work on financial education for children and families. She has recently launched a new company Pay Yourself First and new brand, YouthPreneur.
A committed philanthropist, Sharon also gives back to world communities as both a volunteer and benefactor. On January 22nd, 2008, Sharon was appointed by President Bush to the President's Council on Financial Literacy for a two-year term. She is a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Attorney General of the State of Arizona. She serves on the Dean's Council 100 and on the advisory board of the Spirit of Enterprise at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Other organizations she serves include Childhelp and the National Board of Women’s Presidents Organization.
Tom Curzon – Legal Counsel
Osborn Maledon, P.A., led by partner Tom Curzon, serves as outside general counsel to EmpowHer.com. Curzon's practice focuses primarily on serving as outside general counsel to emerging, growth-oriented companies and on entrepreneurial transactions, including venture capital and other private placements of securities, entity formation and transaction structuring, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, initial public offerings, corporate governance, licensing and distribution of software and other products, employee matters, and executive compensation.
Clients served represent a variety of industries and have included Adon Network (myGeek.com); Aegis Technologies, Inc.; Andigilog, Inc.; Apta Software, Inc.; Arizona State University; AZDB Baseball. L.P.; Brain Savers, LLC; Child Support Network, Inc.; Ethix Media, LLC; Fusion Marketing Partners, L.L.C.; GoalCentrix, Inc.; Grand Canyon Railway, Inc.; Grayhawk Venture Partners, LLC; HealthCare Dimensions, Inc.; iCrossing, Inc.; ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc.; Infusion Software, LLC; Innocal, LP; Interact Commerce Corporation (SalesLogix); Interactive Alchemy, Inc.; and Inventure, Inc. (formerly Poore Brothers, Inc.).
Curzon graduated magna cum laude with his J.D. from the University of Texas and graduated summa cum laude with his B.A. from the Univeristy of Kansas. He has repeatedly been named as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Corporate/M&A) by Chambers USA and as one of the The Best Lawyers in America® (Corporate Law, M&A Law). Among Curzon's numerous professional activities, he was part of the State Bar of Arizona's Subcommittee on Revising the Corporate Code and served on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Technology Council.
Francine Hardaway - Strategic Advisor
Stealthmode Partners is headed up by Francine Hardaway, Ph.D., an experienced marketing strategist with special expertise in startup companies.
As a partner in Stealthmode Partners, she has helped package and secure funding for many early-stage technology companies. She has created positioning and marketing strategies for dozens of growth companies (from startup to IPO to maturity).
Prior to co-founding Stealthmode Partners nine years ago, Dr. Hardaway was Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Innovative Environmental Products, and Manager of Worldwide Press Relations at Intel's Computing Enhancement Group, where she planned the entrance of the intelligent I/O server chip into the OEM market and created the public relations plans for digital imaging, in-car computing, USB, and home networking. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Hardaway built the largest marketing/public relations firm in Phoenix, Arizona, before leaving it to join Intel.
Francine was an Entrepreneurial Fellow at the Berger Center of the Eller School of Business, University of Arizona and has taught entrepreneurship at several Arizona colleges.
