Executive Girlfriend's Group: OCT10 EGG Call Vignette - Tonya Fitzpatrick

Thursday, October 9, 2008

OCT10 EGG Call Vignette - Tonya Fitzpatrick - Co-Host of Travel'n On

This Friday, we welcome Tonya Fitzpatrick as both a new member of the Executive Girlfriend's Group and as our Vignette speaker.

Tonya is an Executive Producer and Co-Host of Travel’n On, the only live and interactive travel radio program based in the Mid-Atlantic.

Since co-founding Travel’n On with her husband, Ian, they have hosted advocacy, informational and interview-oriented programs. Some of their enlightening topics range from State Department Travel Tips, Travelers’ Rights and Travel’n Secure to Best Underwater Photography Locations, Holiday Gift Ideas for the Traveler and interviews with local and nationally known travel authors, industry experts and celebrities.

Among her professional accomplishments, Tonya currently serves as a Deputy Assistant Secretary within the US Department of Education and previously worked in the Department of Homeland Security. Tonya is an active member of her community and currently serves on the Board of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts.

In addition to her educational achievements in London and China, Tonya was awarded a fellowship to the Michigan Political Leadership Program at Michigan State University. She earned her BBA from National University in San Diego and acquired her law degree from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit.

Tonya and Ian have been regular contributors on CBS and NBC and were featured on the national cablecast of The Prudent Advisor for Retirement Living Television and in Private Clubs Magazine. They are also the founders of Bronze World Travel (www.bronzeworldtravel.com ), a value-based Internet company offering discounted travel packages.

Tonya and Ian truly believe in “Celebrating Life Through Travel” and Travel’n On is a natural extension of their love for travel and desire to promote cross-cultural understanding, education, sustainable tourism and global citizenship.

Please join us on Friday at 4pm ET. Please note that this is the last week that the call will be at 4pm. We are moving the call to 2pm ET to accommodate a number of would-be EGG participants that have not been able to join us at 4pm.

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Comments from EGG members about the group

From Peggy Collins, author and vignette speaker

"I want to thank you for a wonderful experience yesterday on your EGG call. What an interesting, stimulating group of women. I don't know when I've enjoyed anything more!"

From Jane Baxter Lynn, Principal, JBL Strategies and EVP, Global Marketing & Communications, TourismROI

"Having met Chicke at a TIA Board meeting in Vail, I count myself as fortunate to have been invited to join the call. I look forward with genuine pleasure to chatting with like-minded women and hearing the vignette of the day. A great way to end the week. There is a very comfortable, relaxed atmosphere, which is so rare at a professional level."

From Connie Goscinski-Smith VP Product Development Solutionz

A great way to end a work week and start your weekend….interacting, sharing, and learning with intelligent and witty women!!

From Sue Cronin - Founder, Harbour Marketing

”What an amazing gathering of great women! It’s inspiring to end one’s week by exchanging thoughts, ideas and experiences with so many women at the top of their game.”

From Sheila Rice - SVP Business Development, Professional Travel Guide

The EGG is a unique forum of intelligent, successful, professional, highly motivated, articulate and successful women that have accomplished so much within their professional and personal lives. The openness, and candor of our group is especially nice to experience. Additionally, the way EGG has evolved, lends itself to being educational and supportive. It is so comforting to listen to women that share my concerns and have faced similar challenges within their work and home. It always makes me take note that so many women face universal issues with so many similar, predictive responses. The ‘Speaker of the Week’ is an interesting aspect of the meeting and grounds some of our discussions. Bottom line, it is just so, so nice to have an environment to communicate within. And, there is that sense of comfort and trust that one has an ability to share so much information. I can not thank Chicke enough for the invitation to attend or for all the hard work that she has put into EVERY aspect of organizing these meetings. Her wit, kindness, warmth, enthusiasm, energy, positive perspective and insight are an enormous part of why EGG has taken such a positive and productive path. I consider myself quite fortunate to be part of this group and, as we all do, try very hard to attend as many meetings as possible, as I work on developing and improving “life balance”.

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OCT10 EGG Call Vignette - Tonya Fitzpatrick - Co-Host of Travel'n On

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