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Enhancing the personal and professional growth of women in the Harford County area. CPWN Member News The Newsletter of the Chesapeake Professional Women’s Network, Inc. Chesapeake Professional Women’s Network, Inc. September 2006 CPWN Member News CPWN Member Benefits: Publisher The Chesapeake • Monthly meetings to September Meeting: First Lady Kendel S. Ehrlich network and promote Professional Women’s Biography of First Lady, Kendel S. Ehrlich your business Network, Inc. • Topical meeting Kendel S. Ehrlich was born the youngest of three Assistant Publisher speakers on issues children and raised in the Baltimore County Sharon B. Epple pertaining to women and business community of Lutherville, Maryland. As a member of the National Honor Society and co-captain of Editor • Special Events the Dulaney High School lacrosse team, Kendel The CPWN Newsletter • Meeting Sponsorship honed the skills that follow her today - spirit, Committee • Monthly Newsletter leadership, and commitment. She attended the • Role Models and University of Delaware and pursued a Bachelor of Opinions expressed by the Mentors Science degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in authors do not neces- Political Science. Before attending the University • CPWN Website sarily reflect those of the of Baltimore Law School, Kendel worked as a Publisher or the Board of paralegal at the law firm of Venable, Baetjer & Directors of The Chesa- CPWN Sponsors: Howard. peake Professional Women’s • Anna’s House Network, Inc. Reproduction From 1990 to 1995, she worked as a felony • Bridge to Success or use of material in whole Welcome New CPWN Members! Program trial lawyer with the Public Defender’s Office in or part is forbidden without Mary F. Cogley Branch Manager 407 Calla Court Annapolis, Maryland. While in Annapolis she met prior, written permission of • Open Doors of Cruise and Travel Specialist BB&T Bank Bel Air, MD 21015 her future husband, Robert Ehrlich, who was CPWN. Harford County Cruise Planners 3500 Conowingo Road Phone: 410-838-6766 a member of the House of Delegates and an • New Visions for 507 Wycliff Court Street, MD 21154 Fax: 410-420-1409 attorney. They were married on July 24, 1993. That Newsletter Copyright 2006, Women Joppa, MD 21085 Phone: 410-457-2900 Email: debbie@always-organized. same year, the Ehrlichs ran a grassroots campaign Chesapeake Professional • The Athena Award Phone: 410-679-8091 Fax: 410-457-4204 com for Maryland’s second Congressional district seat. Women’s Network, Inc. Fax: 410-679-8091 Email: [email protected] Web: www.always-organized.com In 1994 Bob Ehrlich was elected to Congress Email: mcogley@cruiseplanners. Web: www.bbandt.com Business Description: Residential In This Issue: and Kendel became counsel to Youth Services Address editorial and other com Business Description: Financial and Small Business Organizing First Lady Kendel S. Ehrlich International in Owings Mills. In 1997, she went inquiries to: September Meeting: back to the courtroom as a prosecutor in district Web: www. Institution Services Kendel S. Ehrlich VacationsExtraordinaire.com CPWN Member Category: CPWN Member Category: and juvenile court in Harford County, Maryland. Drew Robert Ehrlich was born on July 24, 1999, and Joshua The Editor First Lady of Maryland Business Description: Travel Financial Services Consulting “Balancing Career and Family” Taylor Ehrlich was born on March 6, 2004. CPWN Newsletter CPWN Member Category: Travel Chesapeake Professional Agency Please see more new members Meeting Sponsor: Patty Desiderio On March 25, 2002, Robert Ehrlich announced his candidacy for Governor against incumbent Lt. Governor Women’s Network, Inc. listed on Page 7 in this issue. ‘Service with a Smile Helps You Kathleen Kennedy Townsend as a 24-point underdog. By October of that same year, the campaign had pulled P. O. Box 654 Retain Customers!” Sarah Tierney Bleach Gail D. Spielberger within two points of the incumbent and had raised almost $1 million more than the opposition. Kendel Ehrlich Bel Air, MD 21014 Director of Accounting Attorney was incredibly active in the campaign as a public speaker accompanying her husband around the state. cpwnnews@getbenchmark. President’s Message Frederick Ward Associates Whiteford, Taylor & Preston com CPWN Committee Corner She remains an active speaker focusing on the following initiatives: Education, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment 5 South Main Street 7 Saint Paul Street Member News & Announcements Bel Air, MD 21014 Baltimore, MD 21202 and Prevention, Hospice Care, Cancer Prevention, and the creation of Maryland’s first Women’s History First class postage paid in Phone: 410-879-2090 Phone: 410-347-8709 Getting to Know You...Vicki Mentzer Museum. She sits on several boards and is an avid fundraiser for various causes in Maryland, including: Cystic Bel Air, MD. Fax: 410-893-1243 Fax: 410-223-3489 Fibrosis, GBMC Hospital, Race for the Cure, The Red Cross, Suited for Change, and various statewide hospice Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Preparing for Your Financial Future organizations. Postmaster: Web: www.fredward.com Web: www.wtplaw.com Send address changes to: Media and Advertising - How to Business Description: Engineering Business Description: Legal The people of Maryland enjoy relating to a First Lady who is an active mother trying to balance her time like P. O. Box 654 Get the Most Bang for Your Buck! and Architectural CPWN Member Category: Legal most women. When time permits, Kendel enjoys exercising, golfing, reading and skiing. Bel Air, MD 21014 CPWN Member Category: Everything You Need To Know Consulting Debbie Strasser About Reverse Mortgages Owner/Professional Organizer Let your voice be heard! Allison Marabello Always Organized Website 101 for Small Businesses: Domain Names Make time to vote!! Page 8 CPWN Member News CPWN Member News A Word from Our President ... Laura Henninger Welcome New CPWN Members! FY 2006 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CPWN’s August meeting was a big success! Networking Kathy Heidelmaier CPWN Business Category: Mortgage com events are always popular, and we try to have them at least Business Development Manager Lending Web: www.imagebuilderswebdesign.com President a few times of year. It is always helpful to “get back to our SERVPRO of Harford & Cecil Business Description: Website Design Laura Henninger roots” and remember what brought all of us together in Henninger & Henninger Counties Marcia A. Byrne CPWN Member Category: Website [email protected] the first place. P. O. Box 1067 Branch Manager/Owner Design Edgewood, MD 21040 Premier Mortgage Funding Vice President My family and I were enjoying a vacation in Michigan the Phone: 410-679-6260 3006 Floribunda Court Nancy L. Giorno Lauren Thomas week of the August meeting. We stayed at a cabin on a Fax: 410-679-6268 Fallston, MD 21047 Deputy County Attorney Thomas Benefit Services beautiful small lake near Traverse City. The cabin did not Email: [email protected] Phone: 410-557-8585 Harford County Government lauren@thomasbenefitservices.com have internet access, so I was “unplugged” for the week. It Web: www.servpro.com Fax: 410-666-1887 220 South Main Street made me realize how dependent I am on the computer, but Business Description: Water and Fire Email: [email protected] Bel Air, MD 21014 Treasurer also that I can survive without it for a week. I was truly Sandra Glock Restoration Services Web: www.pmfunds.lenderplanet.com Phone: 410-638-3205 Gegorek & Vardavas Chartered able to relax and enjoy my vacation! CPWN Member Category: Consulting Business Description: Mortgage Lending Fax: 410-879-7651 [email protected] CPWN Member Category: Mortgage Email: [email protected] At CPWN’s September meeting, we are pleased to Jessica Conklin Lending Web: www.harfordcountymd.gov Secretary welcome Mrs. Kendel S. Ehrlich, First Lady of Maryland. Reverse Mortgage Specialist Business Description: Government Laura Henninger Sharon Epple Mrs. Ehrlich will speak to us on “Balancing Career and Amston Mortgage Company, Inc. Colleen Estes Services Benchmark Administrative Family.” I want to especially thank Theresa Wiseman for 217 E. Churchville Road Owner CPWN Member Category: Government Support Services, Inc. arranging for Mrs. Ehrlich to speak to us, and for handling all the details. This is a not-to-be- [email protected] Bel Air, MD 21014 ImageBuilders Web Design Services missed event! As I write this, registrations for the September meeting are coming in quickly, so Phone: 410-420-9595 83 Crestwood Drive Immediate Past President be sure to register as soon as possible. Fax: None provided. Elkton, MD 21921 Please see more new members listed on Claudia Holman Email: [email protected] Phone: 443-309-2386 Page 8 in this issue. Aberdeen Proving Ground Federal I hope all of you had a chance to take a much-needed vacation this summer, and are transitioning Web: None provided. Fax: None provided. Credit Union well to the back to school season. Happy September! Business Description: Mortgage Lending Email: colleene@imagebuilderswebdesign. [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS Laura Ambassador & Membership Correction Help Wanted Kim Schmidt Hess Hotels Group Credit for writing the “End of Summer - August Downtime” article Financial planning office in Bel Air looking to hire a part-time GENERAL INFORMATION [email protected] CPWN which appeared in the August CPWN Newsletter should have been planning assistant. Looking for an articulate, detail-oriented given to Marge Pearce, Owner, A Polished Image. individual with strong people skills. The position entails answering MEETING RESERVATIONS: Events & Meeting Speakers 2006 Event Calendar phones, scheduling appointments, filing, and data entry. Claudia Holman Tel: 410-297-9722 You may reach Marge at 410-272-3929 or email polishedyou@aol. Aberdeen Proving Ground Federal Fax: 410-420-2749 September 12, 2006 com. We regret the error. Please fax your resume to 410-569-2457 or email andrea. Credit Union Email: [email protected] Speaker: Kendel S. Ehrlich [email protected]. [email protected] On-line: www.cpwnet.org and First Lady of Maryland Lorrie Schenning Maryland Golf & Country Club MEMBERSHIP DUES: Mercantile County Bank 11:30 a.m.