Deborah Rosado Shaw

Every once in a while someone comes along who rattles the cages of the status quo.  Advisor to Fortune 100 CEO’s, award-winning entrepreneur, visionary leader, Deborah was raised in the nation’s poorest congressional district and today is one of the most powerful voices in the market.       

She has keynoted and led seminars on personal empowerment, diversity, business strategy, leadership, sales and entrepreneurship for American Express, Avon, IBM, Frito-Lay, Office Depot, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, NYU Stern School of Business, Proctor & Gamble, Prudential, The Society of Human Resource Professionals, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Verizon, Wal-Mart, and many others.

Deborah's strategies for success have been in Business Week, Family Circle, Forbes, “O” Magazine, and USA Today. She is a frequent television guest and has been appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as well as on ABC, CNN, FOX and NBC affiliates nationwide. Her achievements have been used as a case study in several textbooks. Deborah is also the best-selling author of Dream BIG! - A Roadmap for Facing Life's Challenges and Creating the Life You Deserve.  

Over a 20 year period, Deborah founded, built and sold a wholesale international manufacturing and distribution business.  She designed, negotiated and closed multi-million dollar deals with some of the toughest buyers in the world including Costco, Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart and the Walt Disney Company. Her achievements have been recognized with numerous awards.

Shaw is a board member of the non-profit organization, Count-Me-In for Women's Economic Independence, serves on the Office Depot Women’s Advisory Board and serves on the PepsiCo Hispanic Advisory Board where she is the external Chairperson for $1 Billion dollars in minority and women’s procurement. 

Shaw is a graduate of Barnard College and lives in New Jersey and has three college age sons.