Your success in private industry is a testament to the American free enterprise system — President Bill Clinton
“You are an inspiration to me and many more. Don't lose sight of your vision.”Don Soderquist
Retired Vice-Chairman
Wal-Mart Stores
“Our board accomplished more in two days of working with Deborah than we had in the previous two years.”Congresswoman Nydia Velásquez
Chairwoman, House Small Business Committee
Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
“Deborah has been invaluable to our company ... She has established a reputation within PepsiCo as a leader with strong, original, insightful and pragmatic ideas. We have all learned from Deborah, I know I have.”Steven S. Reinemund
Retired Chairman
PepsiCo
“Deborah used determination and tenacity to blaze a trail to create a successful life. She is a powerful role model.”Andrea Jung
CEO
Avon Products, Inc.
“Deborah is a Wow of Wow's”Mark Victor Hansen
Co-Author
Chicken Soup for the Soul Series

About Deb Shaw:

Bilingual and bicultural, Deborah is a corporate transformation expert, career and success coach, author and speaker. Raised in the nation's poorest congressional district, Deborah's strategies for success formed a bridge from tough inner city beginning to award-winning entrepreneur and advisor to Fortune 500 companies and billion dollar private equity firms.

Founder of an international merchandising company, Deborah is a sales superstar having designed, negotiated and closed multi-million dollar deals with some of the toughest buyers in the world including; Costco, Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart and The Walt Disney Company. Shaw is also a founding partner of Dream Big Enterprises, LLC and Multi-ethnic Success Ventures, LLC — training and leadership development companies working with clients that include Accenture, Microsoft, New York Life and Sam's Club.

Deborah's strategies for success have appeared in Business Week, Family Circle, Forbes, “O” Magazine, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. She has been featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as well as on ABC, CNN, FOX, NBC affiliates nationwide and Telemundo. In addition, her achievements have been used as a case study in several textbooks.

She is the critically acclaimed author of Dream Big! — A Roadmap for Facing Life's Challenges and Creating the Life You Deserve. She has been recognized with many awards including the SBA sponsored “Women of Enterprise Award”, Dialogue on Diversity's “Entrepreneurial Excellence Award” and the “Free Enterprise Legend Award”. She has been named “Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year” by the National Hispanic Business Group and joined the ranks of Billie Jean King and Madeline Albright to receive the “Office Depot Visionary Award”.

Coined a “Latina Powerbroker” by Hispanic Trends Magazine, Shaw serves on several boards including the PepsiCo Ethnic Advisory Board where she is the External Chair of a $1 billion dollar Minority & Women's Procurement Initiative. Hispanic Business Magazine named Shaw one of the “80 Elite Women Leaders” and Hispanic Magazine has several times listed her as one of the “100 Most Successful Latinas in the U.S.”.