FAIRFAX, VA, March 6 – Lisa Martin, President and CEO of LeapFrog Solutions, Inc., an award-winning marketing communications firm, has been chosen to receive the 2006 Women Who Make A Difference award by Minorities and Women In Business Magazine, a national publication that each year awards outstanding achievements by females in business and community affairs.
“To be acknowledged with this outstanding collection of women, during LeapFrog Solutions' ten-year anniversary, is truly an honor,” said Martin. “I look forward to continuing to give my clients strategic and innovative solutions to all of their marketing and communications needs while giving back to the greater Washington, DC community I call home.”
Lisa was recognized for her impact on the marketing and communications arena while maintaining an active lifestyle centering on strengthening her community. Her commitment to community service is witnessed in her own individual activities and in ensuring her company contributes pro-bono services to organizations that otherwise would not be able to receive her company’s services.
Lisa has more than 20 years of professional marketing communications and project management experience. She is consistently recognized for her groundbreaking, award-winning work in marketing, Web site design and application development, graphic print design, video production and multimedia presentations. She serves on the board of directors of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Northern Virginia Technology Council, Leadership Fairfax and Volunteer Fairfax, where she serves as the current President/Chairman. She is an active member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), and a graduate of the 1999 Leadership Fairfax and NVTC Mindshare programs. She also motivates her employees to become involved in community outreach. LeapFrog Solutions’ community involvement includes Equal Footing Foundation, Shelter House, Reston Relay for Life, Fairfax Choral Society, Volunteer Fairfax, Leadership Fairfax and the Women’s Center. Lisa graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in Marketing and French and received her MBA from George Washington University in Marketing and International Business.
Minorities and Women In Business is a national magazine targeting the market comprised of minority and women business owners and the corporations that seek to do business with them. Established almost 17 years ago, the magazine is an advocate for minority- and women-owned enterprises which have the greatest capacity to successfully compete for and capture corporate contracts. The publication provides a media arena that highlights minority- and women-owned business success stories. Minorities and Women In Business Magazine also serves as a marketing vehicle for Fortune 1000 corporations that have shown an active desire to foster minority- and women-owned business development by setting up corporate buying goals within their purchasing divisions. A corporation that is wholly minority owned and operated, the L&S Companies, Inc., purchased Minorities and Women In Business Magazine in April of 1998.
LeapFrog Solutions Inc. (LFS) provides public- and private-sector clients with a comprehensive range of services that include strategic marketing communications, advertising, public relations, Web site design and interactive marketing. Formed in 1996, the company is a privately held, certified, woman-owned small business located in Fairfax, Virginia. For more information, visit www.leapfrogit.com or call 703-273-7900.
Sherry Syence
LeapFrog Solutions, Inc.
(703) 273-7900
ssyence@leapfrogit.com
