A Woman with Wings began in July of 1993 when founder Patricia Varga picked up a pen and started writing about the journey of Woman...her challenges and fears, her joys...and how she ultimately learns to mentor her Self and then mentor other women.

The resulting manuscript "A Woman with Wings: The Journey" is the basis for all of our products, including note cards and stationery, meditation and journey books, leadership and mentoring programs, events and workshops, stories and speeches - all from the heart.

Patricia Varga, Founder
A veteran of magazine publishing and media, Patricia has worked on a wide range of publications, including Outside Magazine, Men's Health, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Town & Country, Business 2.0, The Los Angeles Times and The New Yorker. Her current affiliation is with The Economist.

Varga is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard's Publishing Procedures Program. She continues her education and love of visual communication at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.

Beth Howard, PR Manager
Beth M. Howard's media career spans twenty years, sometimes working in journalism, other times in public relations. Either way, her mission is to tell the world about inspiring ideas, places, people, and products.

Her expertise spans industries from adventure travel, outdoor sports, the coffee trade, television, and hospitality, to high-tech. She has written for Elle, Shape, Sports Illustrated for Women, Fitness, and Travel + Leisure, to name a few. She has done PR for Microsoft, FUEL TV, Hyatt Hotels, Diedrich Coffee, and the hit TV series, Beverly Hills, 90210. For the Internet, she has produced Web sites for MSN.com, Olympics.com, and Quokka Sports.

Before becoming a media maven, Howard was an entrepreneur, starting a coffee export business in Nairobi, Kenya at the age of 24. She recently completed a memoir, called Hausfrau Honeymoon: Love, Laundry, and Other Misadventures in Germany, about her first years of married life in Germany. She and her (German) husband now live in Portland, Oregon.

If you would like more information, please contact Beth at beth@womanwwings.com

Peggy Woo, Graphic Designer
Peggy drives the creative vision for Actual Size, and has been integral to the conception of Actual Size. She has been designing and art directing corporate identities, websites, packaging, environmental designs, in-store graphics, and trade show exhibits for more than nine years.

Her recent portfolio includes work for Nestlé, Fred Segal, the Los Angeles Housing Department Jouer Cosmetics. Other notable clients include Columbia TriStar, Disney and Harcourt Brace. Her innovative and strategic design has earned awards and notable recognition for companies including Universal's theme parks division.

Peggy graduated with highest honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with a major in Graphics and Packaging Design. In addition to her Bachelor's Degree in Communcation Design, she holds a second Bachelor's Degree in Asian Studies with an emphasis in Japanese studies, from the University of California at Santa Barbara, California. Prior to her design training, Peggy worked for four years in market research at the second largest Japanese advertising agency, Hakuhodo, Inc.

Actual Size, Inc.

Susan Snipes, Web Site and Online Marketing
An award-winning designer, Susan creates custom web sites and powerful online marketing campaigns for businesses around the U.S. For over ten years, she has helped scores of creative entrepreneurs bring their visions online.

An active member of her community, Susan has volunteered for organizations including the Boulder Fringe Festival, The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and Colorado-based Local Source. She teaches as an adjunct faculty member at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver. She is a member of AIGA Colorado, and is currently on the Executive Board. Her company Q Digital Studio is a proud supporter of 1% for the Planet.

More of her work is viewable at Q Digital Studio.

Peg Warren, Director of Custom Publishing, Sales and Operations
Peg Warren handles all custom creative inquiries for A Woman with Wings. She also represents Ms. Varga for proprietary corporate art and personalized corporate and consumer messaging.

A classically trained vocal musician, Peg spent 15 years on the performance stage before taking her vocal talents into educational public speaking on Fine Arts. Her natural business curiosity forged opportunities into advertising, marketing and finally entrepreneurship where today, she offers management services to the cable, incentive, creative arts and tourism industries.

Peg received her B.A., with highest honors, from Michigan State University. She later attended graduate studies in vocal performance at the University of Southern California while performing with the L.A. Master Chorale.

If you would like more information, please contact Peg at (p) 949 831-7874 (f) 949 362-0066 (c) 949 212-9985 or paw@womanwwings.com

Jim Attlesey, Research Director
A two-time employee of Mediamark Research, Inc. (MRI), and veteran of the media and publishing research worlds, Jim has extensive training in media audience measurement, marketing research, study design, and data applications. He founded Mariah Media's (publisher of Outside magazine) research department in 1993, and later managed the marketing department. At Mariah, Jim developed all corporate research programs and was fully involved in marketing the Outside brand and all brand extensions. He also developed a custom research division at Mariah, and was responsible for managing research studies for major corporate clients.

Living in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife and son, Jim is an outdoor enthusiast, adventurer, and a lover of live music. In addition to consulting, Jim teaches Statistics and is Director of Experiential Education at Santa Fe Preparatory School.

attleseyconsulting@earthlink.net or (505) 577-7846