AMAZING WOMEN celebrates women who make a difference in the lives of others.

I started this show to share how women accomplish, encourage, legislate, live, and love. What we leave behind isn’t as important as how we live!  Whether it's healthcare, education, business, politics, or entertainment, their personal and professional stories will teach, empower and inspire you.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."                 -- Anais Nin

"Be the change you want to see in the world. "                                          -- Gandhi

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just the first step."                                          -- Martin Luther King, jr.

"Our ideologies my separate us, but our dreams and anguish bring us together."                                          -- Eugene Ionesco

"TYesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift."                                          -- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Hope has two daughters-- Anger and Courage. They are both lovely."                                          -- Saint Augstine

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Calendar of Events - May 2008
"This Month's Lineup"

Sunday Mornings

8:30am on 630 WPRO AM
6:30am on 92 PROFM
6:00am on LITE ROCK 105 FM
May 4th

Women are becoming the health and wealth of the RI economy. Over 50% of all new businesses in the state are women owned. CAROL MALYSZ, director of Center for Women & Enterprise, and DENISE BARGE, director of RI Coalition for Minority Investment, discuss the women’s business conference at RIC Thursday June 12th.
May 11th

Thousands of children around the world in Romania, Serbia, Kenya and Israel live in desperate situations with war, genocide, and AIDS. DANA LONG is the Rhode Island liaison for CHERISH OUR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, an organization that develops and funds projects and programs for the world’s most vulnerable children.
May 18th

66% of Rhode Islanders make $50,000 or less; RI has the 4th highest taxes in the nation. JEAN BURRITT ROBERTSON, senior director of Policy and Research at RI Economic Development, discusses the economy, housing, and development.
May 25th

KAREN FELDMAN is the founder of a student group called “YOUNG VOICES” that trains young people to become articulate advocates and community leaders. KAYLA GONZALEZ is a senior at Central High School who shares her story of how this youth organization has changed her life.
Deb Ruggiero

Deb Ruggiero
Host of Amazing Women

Deb Ruggiero is a businesswoman, broadcaster, and community leader. She understands 'the art of business' and the 'business of art.'

Deb graduated from Boston College in 1980 and spent the first ten years of her broadcasting career on-air as a news anchor and talk show host at CBS radio and WMJX radio in Boston.

Since 1990, she's worked in TV and radio sales management as national sales manager for WPRI TV 12/ FOX64 and as local sales manager of WBDC-TV in Washington, DC.

Currently, Deb is Director of Community Development for Citadel Broadcasting. She's intent on guiding broadcasters to better community service. She is the creator and host of "AMAZING WOMEN", a radio talk show that celebrates the accomplishments of Rhode Island women who make a difference in our community -- how women accomplish, encourage, legislate, live, and love.

"I'm so blessed to be able to share the stories of so many 'Amazing Women' who make a difference every day. It's inspirational to learn how many women contribute to this state in terms of economic, educa-
tional, professional, and social achievements. You'll hear the stories of the women you recognize, but also the stories of the unsung heroes who don't always make the headlines."

Deb Ruggiero is a founding board member of The Women's Fund of RI, past president of the board of the American Lung Association of Rhode Island, and serves on the philanthropic committee for the Rhode Island Foundation. She has been an instructor at Providence College since 1992, teaching Broadcast Advertising and Marketing Research.

Deb lives in Jamestown, is an avid golfer, and loves to cook.
 

If you know an Amazing Woman, e-mail me at: debruggiero@amazingwomenri.com

 
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