Mari Kurtz Chosen as Honored Recipient for WHW Award

Our CEO, Mari Kurtz has been chosen as an honored recipient of the Employment Leader Award, granted by WHW (Women Helping Women / Men2Work).

WHW is a 501(c)3 non-profit that empowers employment success for disadvantaged people through career assessments, resume development, workshops, job placement assistance, and professional apparel and image consulting programs.  WHW is a United Way agency, and WHW has over 250 non profit partners throughout Southern California.

The Gala event to honor Mari will be held on Saturday April 21, 2012 at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel, featuring a gourmet dinner, music for your listening and dancing pleasure, and an exciting auction and raffles.  Individual tickets (at $125) will be available in late February.

For more information on WHW, head to www.whw.org.

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Mari Kurtz Honored as OCBJ Excellence in Entrepreneurship Recipient

Mari Kurtz is a survivor.

As a kid growing up in Palm Desert, she overcame dyslexia and a stutter.

In ninth grade, she quit school to work and support her family.

One job was at a fast food joint, the other at the local newspaper handling advertising inserts.

She then waited tables, moving from job to job until she met her first husband, owner of a sheet metal company. She was 20 and it seemed her life was taking a turn for the better.
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