Los Angeles, Ca – 4.6.2016 – Entrepreneur Michele Ruiz will be NAWBO-LA’s honoree at the 30th Annual NAWBO-LA Leadership & Legacy Awards Luncheon to be held on June 17, 2016. The Awards Luncheon gives tribute to top achievers among business leaders who have established a legacy of entrepreneurial excellence and contributed significantly to the community. Former notable awardees include Jane Wurwand, Barbara Lazaroff, Kathy Irelend and many other exceptional Los Angeles area women entrepreneurs.
The annual event is the largest and most anticipated business events in Los Angeles, with more than 1,000 women business owners, community leaders, media, and dignitaries in attendance to salute the achievements of the most influential leaders. “I’m truly honored to receive this recognition, in particular because NAWBO-LA, through its mission and programs has proven it is an organization that propels women entrepreneurs from having small businesses to thriving viable business enterprises. I’m incredibly humbled to be considered in the same league as NAWBO-LA’s past honorees.”
Michele is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. She is President & CEO of Ruiz Strategies, a communications firm that develops and executes transformational communication and content marketing strategies as well as crisis management and crisis communications for world class companies, large professional services firms, and government agencies. The company’s clients include Fortune 20 corporations in the energy, technology, telecommunications, financial, and automotive sector. Ruiz Strategies is a certified minority-owned (MBE) and woman-owned (WBE) business headquartered in Los Angeles, California with operations in Washington, D.C. and Houston, Texas.
A former Los Angeles TV news anchor, Michele’s latest endeavor includes publishing her first book, Content Marketing for Lawyers which became a best-seller on the day it was released. The book provides guidance and impactful “know-how” to attorneys and professional services firms to attract more clients and become thought leaders. In it are powerful content marketing and social media strategies that Michele and her team have developed for her Fortune 20 corporations.