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women & business<br />

june 2008 / volume 8 / issue 6<br />

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is a monthly publication of albany-colonie regional chamber of commerce<br />

Our offices are located at One Computer Drive South, Albany, NY 12205. Telephone: 518.431.1400. Fax: 518.431.1410. To reach the Chamber on the World<br />

Wide Web, go to acchamber.org. Comments about the publication should be directed to John Spadafora at 518.431.1413 or johns@acchamber.org. For<br />

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features<br />

Their journey continues<br />

My Linh Restaurant – a family affair, far <strong>from</strong> home<br />

Two women, two sisters, thousands of gifts<br />

REGALO co-founders make gift-giving a total experience<br />

Chamber Announces 2008 Women of Excellence Honorees<br />

Eight to be honored for professional achievements, community work<br />

Key4Women Resource Center opens for business<br />

Unique setting for women in business to meet, network<br />

Let them eat cake<br />

Business at The Cheesecake Factory is sweet, indeed<br />

Vision quest<br />

Woman in business overcomes blindness to succeed<br />

Stewart’s grows, but stays close to customers<br />

Company marks 20 years as Chamber member<br />

Sustained excellence<br />

Meet two former winners who flourished in their careers<br />

in every issue<br />

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communitycircuit<br />

chatroom<br />

newmembers<br />

photoop<br />

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Teacher Externship Program Earns High Marks<br />

Citizens Bank gives $500,000 in support<br />

Word on the street<br />

“What career advice would you give to your daughter in the 21st century?”<br />

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Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Business Services Corporation and their representatives, employees and agents are held harmless <strong>from</strong> any claim, demand, liability or action<br />

on account of or in any way arising out of the client’s advertising, products and services, or its participation in visions. © visions 2008. Chris Iula<br />

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Dr. Jeanne Neff<br />

President<br />

The Sage Colleges<br />

<strong>Lessons</strong> <strong>from</strong><br />

a <strong>leading</strong> <strong>CEO</strong><br />

CMA Consulting, Inc.’s<br />

Kay Stafford offers<br />

solutions of her own<br />

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Kay Stafford, chief executive officer<br />

of CMA Consulting, Inc., looks for<br />

team players to join her software<br />

development company, and she<br />

means it quite literally. As CMA<br />

approaches its 25th anniversary,<br />

Stafford reminisces on her nearly<br />

quarter-century at the helm and<br />

discusses the challenges and<br />

rewards of being a prominent<br />

woman in business.<br />

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