Risa Hoag to Receive the Prestigious Lillian Vernon Award Nov 11

Risa Hoag, President of GMG Public Relations Inc., is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Lillian Vernon Award for Community Service. The award will be presented by the Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) at its annual Networking Event to be held Monday, November 11, 2019 from 6:30-8:30pm at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Tarrytown, NY where attendees will have the opportunity to network and to hear Risa Hoag speak. Registration is $25 and can be done online: https://wedcbiz.org/event/fall-networking-event/

Hoag has owned GMG Public Relations since 1991 and still serves several of her original clients. She is currently the President of the Rockland Business Women’s Network (RBWN) which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary on December 5, 2019. Ms. Hoag is a co-founder of the Nanuet Chamber of Commerce and currently serves as Vice President, and also co-founded the Chamber Alliance of Rockland. She serves on the Board of Meals on Wheels in Rockland where she is spearheading their second annual Cornucopia Gala, a concept she developed. She sits on the advisory council for Volunteer New York and is a member of the 2018 Class of Leadership Rockland. Ms. Hoag also served on the Board of the Westchester Association of Women Business Owners for over 15 years and twice received the organization’s President’s Award. She co-founded a not for profit titled Partnership for a Better Westchester, a group that raised over $100,000 for Blythedale Children’s Hospital and provided scholarships to area students.For WEDC Networking Event sponsorship opportunities, please email Nikki Hahn, WEDC Director of Development at nhahn@wedcbiz.org.

About Women’s Enterprise Development Center
WEDC is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs achieve economic self-sufficiency through small business ownership. WEDC is the designated U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Women’s Business Center for the Lower Hudson Valley and the New York State Empire State Development Corporation’s Entrepreneurial Assistance Center for both Westchester County and the Mid-Hudson Valley. For more information about the programs and services of the Women’s Enterprise Development Center, go to www.wedcbiz.org.