During National Women's History
Month, we are featuring some of the prominent Black Women entrepreneurs who
have been meaningful to our historical journey as an online community. Our
featured woman this week is Franne McNeal.
Franne
McNeal
Coach. Speaker.
Author.
Franne McNeal is a serial
entrepreneur with corporate expertise that spans four industries, seven
positions and thirty years in business. As a junior at Princeton
University, she launched a successful catering recruiting business for student
bartenders and wait staff and never looked back. When Franne was 26 years
old, she was the youngest person ever to be awarded a professional services
training contract with the City of Pittsburgh; and successfully financed her
18-computer training room in 1-month.
In 2001, Franne created
Significant Business Results, an executive coaching practice, to help her
clients approach business challenges with a fresh perspective grounded in
market realities and creative optimism. Significant Business Results
Coach, Franne McNeal is engaged by clients to create strategic plans, generate
business opportunities, identify revenue streams, and re-evaluate
systems. Franne is committed to ensuring that her clients grow brand
value, manage cash flow, and increase profits by leveraging people, performance
and process.
Franne's clients include: The
Kauffman Foundation, Temple University, ModernThink, Priority Management, The
Corporation for Positive Change, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine,
The Social Security Administration, The State of Delaware, The City of New
York, State University of New York, Women's Business Development Center, and
Elohim Cleaning Contractors Inc.
In corporate leadership
positions at Strategic Computer Assistance Inc, Mellon Bank, FMC, and
SmithKline Beecham, as well as Vice President of Training and Development at
PNC Financial Services, Franne led restructuring initiatives that resulted in
over $1M in measurable savings.
Ms. McNeal's work has been
recognized through a Citation from the Mayor of Philadelphia; the Perseverance
Award from Eastern University; and the 100 Most Influential Black Women in
Philadelphia Award. She has appeared on CBS-TV and NBC-TV; been quoted in
Black Enterprise Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
As a moderator for the Project
for Civic Engagement, a facilitator for America Speaks, and a facilitator for
the Kauffman Foundation's FastTrac® programs, Franne continues to contribute to
community education initiatives. In 2009. Franne became a member of the
e200 class sponsored by the Philadelphia District Office of the US Small
Business Administration. Franne currently serves as a member of the West
Chester University MBA Advisory Board, and she is a volunteer mentor for a
4th grade class in the Philadelphia Public School District.
Ms. Franne McNeal earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Eastern
University in Pennsylvania. Learn more at www.frannemcneal.com.
We are proud to highlight
Franne's 30 year history in business as a model for women of the 21st Century.
Roger Madison, CEO
iZania LLC
