For the past decade, I’ve volunteered with Women’s Economic Ventures. Launched by Marsha Bailey in 1991, WEV is a Santa Barbara– and Ventura-based nonprofit that helps small business owners to launch and grow through training, loans, and consulting.
I admire everything about this nonprofit — but most of all, I’m impressed by Bailey herself. She’s incredibly articulate and fierce, a real feminist force of nature. This spring, the announcement came that she was stepping down as CEO after nearly three decades. In September, she was awarded the 2019 Strong, Smart, and Bold Award at the Girls Inc. 18th annual Celebration Luncheon.
With all these milestones to cap a brilliant career, this seemed like the perfect moment to find out more about the secrets behind Bailey’s successes.