[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 136 (Wednesday, September 14, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1620-E1621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN RECOGNITION OF ANN BARLOW

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                          HON. JACKIE SPEIER-

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 14, 2011

  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Ann Barlow who served as 
president and chairperson of the board for the Professional 
Businesswomen of California for the last four years. Ann has been an 
inspirational and effective leader of PBWC which I founded 23 years ago 
to help women advance professionally. The board of directors is very 
fortunate to retain her as a member, but will certainly miss her 
gracious leadership.
  Ann became involved with PBWC as soon as she moved from New York to 
the Bay Area in 2005. She happened to move in next door to the former 
president, Debra Boblitt, who immediately recognized Ann as a perfect 
candidate for the board. She was voted in as president two years later.
  Ann possesses all the qualities and qualifications it takes to be a 
successful business woman; she is smart, creative, professional, funny, 
warm, beautiful and generous. She has lent her talents to Peppercom for 
the last ten years. She is a partner and the president of its West 
Coast operations and led the founding of GreenPepper, Peppercom's 
environmental sustainability services.
  Before she joined Peppercom, Ann led the New York office of 
Interpublic Group-Owned Mindstorm Communications.
  Ann is a master communicator and has written numerous articles and 
given many

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speeches on environmental issues and digital communication. In 2009, 
Ann was named one of the Bay Area's most influential women by the San 
Francisco Business Times. This year she was chosen to participate in 
the prestigious Tedwoman conference.
  Ann was born in Davenport, Iowa on August 15, 1960. She went to 
Freeport High School in Freeport, Illinois and received her B.A. in 
Journalism from the University of Illinois.
  She lives in San Ramon, California with her husband Bob, two children 
Chris and Vivian and her two spoiled beagles Kipper and Osgood. In her 
spare time she enjoys reading, cooking, playing golf, talking politics 
and walking with Kipper and Osgood.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask this body to join me in honoring Ann Barlow for 
her extraordinary contributions to improve the lives and careers of 
thousands of women in California and all over the world.

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