THE HOT MOMMAS PROJECT TEAM

Kathy Korman Frey is an Entrepreneur in Residence at the George Washington University school of Business and teaches the award-winning Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership class. She is also the founder of the consulting firm Vision Forward (www.VisionForward.com). Since its inception in 2001, Vision Forward has become known for its unique approach to consulting which combines planning and staff training in a one-to-two day “bootcamp” format. The firm specializes in helping businesses with female leadership. Clients include AARP, The US Department of Justice, Entrepreneur’s Organization, Chief Executive’s Organization, Visa, and The Federal Drug Administration. Frey is also the creator of the world’s largest women’s case study database: The Hot Mommas Project. The cutting edge, crowd-sourced online library is the recipient of a 2006 Coleman Foundation Case Award and has been profiled by The Washington Post Magazine, NPR, and featured in Prentice Hall textbooks.

Prior to her current activities, Frey served as Chief Operating Officer for the National Council on the Aging Development Corporation where she worked with teams to develop, capitalize, and manage entrepreneurial ventures in the health and aging industries. She was part of the planning team for www.BenefitsCheckUp.org which today delivers a 200 to 1 ROI. Frey also served as an analyst and in management at Markowitz & McNaughton, Incorporated (later acquired by Citigate and partnered with The McLean Group) performing competitive and merger & acquisition analyses for Fortune 100 clients to advise the leaders of multinational corporations on strategic growth decisions.

Frey earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and her B.A. in English from the University of Virginia where she received the Seven Society’s James Earle Sargeant award for community service. She is a featured contributor on Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference site, the author of the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation blog, a Harvard Business School case author, and dubbed one of “America’s Top Business Bloggers” by the HSM World Business Forum. She is a regular speaker on the topics of women’s leadership and education, mentorship, and work-life balance. Frey is a former board member of the Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area. She lives in DC with entrepreneur husband Josh Frey, their two children, Maxwell and Lilah, and dog Foxy.

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Achin Jain is an MBA 2009 from The George Washington University. Originally from New Delhi India, Achin came to the US to pursue his MBA and is associated with The Hot Mommas Project ^® since the fall of 2008. A man of many facets Achin is an entrepreneur, a management professional, and a lifelong student of business. He works virtually from India and takes care of the technical stuff and direct communication with case writers. Besides business, Achin has a great interest in tasting newer spicy food, travelling, and photography.

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Karima Morris Woods is a budding social, cultural and business entrepreneur. Karima has over twelve years of experience working with national and local nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA.

Raised in Los Angeles, CA, Karima now lives with her husband Paul and their daughters Aminah and Kya in Washington, DC. Karima holds a B.A. in Law and Society from the University of California at Santa Barbara and is an MBA candidate at George Washington University.

Karima juggles many hats but always finds time to enjoy traveling, spending time with her family, dancing and fine dining.

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Kelly is a tri-lingual sales and marketing professional and children’s book author. A former Division I soccer player and Captain for the University of Richmond, Kelly spent time studying in France and traveling extensively in South America, where she developed a strong affinity for foreign cultures and languages. She now serves as the Senior Manager of Development for Starbridge Media Group, a global sports and entertainment consultancy where she works on behalf of athletes, teams and brands to develop domestic and global marketing initiatives that impact society at the community, corporate, and governmental levels. Kelly is fluent in French and Spanish and is a Hot Mommas Project case author. She hosts Hot Mommas Project international case authors during our annual awards ceremonies.

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Li is a recent graduate from Women’s Leadership Program Globalization, Economics, and Business Cohort at the George Washington University, majoring in International Politics, Economics, and piano. She is from Beijing, China, and she has attended schools in different countries—China, the U.S., Australia, and Japan. Li developed her interests of HotMommas Project and entrepreneurship on 2010 Women’s Leadership Conference where Professor Frey delivered an enthralling speech about entrepreneur. This summer, she is looking forward to working with the Hot Mommas Team. Her concentration will be on blogging and exploring new functions of the blog.

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