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    SAINT HELENA, CA, February 12, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Mary Cunningham Agee, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Nurturing Network, has been named Cambridge Who's Who Entrepreneur of the Year in the not-for-profit sector. Inclusion in Cambridge Who's Who Registry is an honor; only two male and two female members in each discipline are named the Cambridge Who's Who Entrepreneur of the Year. The Cambridge Who's Who selection committee chooses these special honorees based on their accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership, and service.

Mrs. Agee has an impressive background in corporate management and charitable service and is responsible for strategic planning, marketing and management of TNN's worldwide network of client and member services. She became involved in her profession following the loss of her first child in a mid-trimester miscarriage, realizing that many lives could be healed if she could convert her personal loss into compassionate service to others. Setting politics and rhetoric aside, 50,000 volunteer TNN members have provided for the urgent and practical needs of over 19,500 women over the past 25 years. Each mother has been empowered to nurture her child's life . . . without compromising her own.

Mrs. Agee considers empowering women with life-affirming choices to be the most fulfilling dimension of her exceptional career. She attributes her success to hard work, daily motivation rooted in faith and the loving support she receives from her family, colleagues and friends.

For almost thirty years, Mrs. Agee has also served as President and CEO of the Semper Charitable Foundation. She is a general partner in Semper Partners, a venture capital and strategy consulting firm founded in partnership with her husband.

Prior to founding the Nurturing Network, Mrs. Agee was appointed Executive Vice President of the Seagram Wine Company after formulating the company's worldwide strategy for wine. She served as Vice President of Strategic Planning for the Bendix Corporation. Mrs. Agee also served as an Assistant Treasurer in the Corporate Banking Department of the Chase Manhattan Bank World Headquarters and as a Financial Analyst in the Corporate Finance Department of Salomon Brothers.

Mrs. Agee was voted by World Almanac for two successive years as one of "The 25 Most Influential Women in America" and selected by Good Housekeeping in their 100th Anniversary Edition as one of "100 Young Women of Promise." She has been recognized as one of the "Outstanding Young Women of America" and is included among the YWCA's Academy of Women Achievers and The Women's Forum.

She has received numerous other awards including the Freedom Award from Provo, Utah, the Economic Equity Award from the Women's Equity Action League, Pro-Vita Award from the Archdiocese of Brooklyn, the Humanitarian Lifetime Award from the Wisdom Institute and the Centennial Medal of Honor from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America. Her lifetime commitment to charitable causes has been recognized by appointment to both The Order of Malta and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

Mrs. Agee's autobiography, Powerplay, (published by Simon and Schuster) made it to the NYT best-seller list in record time for a first time author. Her literary talent was recognized with the Golden Pen Award for outstanding achievement from the Authors' Guild. Nightingale-Conant, the world's largest audio cassette producer, selected Mrs. Agee for their renowned "Insight" series along with Norman Cousins and Phil Caldwell; a twelve-part series featured her views on Strategic Planning, Management and Business Ethics.

Her accomplishments in founding and directing The Nurturing Network have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and USA Today. She continues to speak out with courage and conviction about empowerment for women and reforming the society at large.

She has been interviewed on many prominent national radio and television programs including: CBS's "48 Hours," ABC News Forum with Peter Jennings, CBS This Morning, CBS News Nightwatch, The Phil Donahue Show, The Barbara Walters Special, NBC Today Show, Good Morning America and Ted Koppel.

Mrs. Agee has addressed diverse and prestigious organizations including the Commonwealth Club of California, the Young Presidents' Organization and the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Her speeches and commentaries have been widely published in such well-known publications as TV Guide, Newsweek, Harper's Bazaar, International Management, Working Woman, Industry Week, Conference Board Magazine, The Human Life Review and Vital Speeches. She has received the highest rating in public speaking from the International Platform Association.

She graduated in 1979 from the Harvard Business School with a Master's Degree in Finance and International Business. She was appointed to the highly-selective Century Club and was a finalist for the Copeland Marketing Award. She graduated with Honors from Wellesley College where she majored in Logic and Philosophy and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Slater fellowship for study at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, where she studied Law, Ethics and Political Philosophy.

Mrs. Agee has been awarded Honorary Doctoral degrees from Loyola College, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Stonehill College, Franklin Pierce University, Chestnut Hill College, and Notre Dame College.

Mrs. Agee is a member of the Council for National Policy and the National Leadership Roundtable. She serves on the Advisory Board of the National Council for Adoption, the Aquinas House at Dartmouth College, the Susan B. Anthony List, the Thomas More Law School, the National Memorial for the Unborn and Women Affirming Life. Other affiliations have included the United Negro College Fund, Economic Club of New York, the National Association of Business Economists and the American Management Association, the Family Policy Council and the Speakers Bureau for the National Policy Forum.

Her Board Previous Board Leadership includes appointment as both President and Vice Chairman of the Culture of Life Foundation and Vice Chairman of the National Council for Adoption whose Board of Directors she served on for over a decade. She served as a Chairman's Advisor for the Journal of Business Strategy and the Strategic Planning Committee of the Conference Board. She has also served on the Advisory Boards of the Graduate School of Business at University College Dublin, Loyola College in Maryland, Marymount Manhattan College and the Board of Governors of the Music Center of Los Angeles.

About The Nurturing Network
The Nurturing Network (TNN) is an international charitable organization that responds to the immediate and comprehensive needs of any woman facing an unplanned pregnancy. This grassroots program is uniquely designed to meet the needs of working women and college students. Founded and managed by President, Mary Cunningham Agee, the Nurturing Network's 50,000 volunteer Members provide all of the practical support a woman needs to nurture her child's life -and make the most of hers as well.

The Nurturing Network's objective is not a political one but a most practical one: To provide an authentic choice to women whose own support networks have let them down. Each woman served by TNN is empowered to move beyond her economic, emotional and social constraints in order to exercise her choice to have a healthy pregnancy and nurture the life of her child. Assistance is provided without charge and is available without regard to a person's race, creed or economic circumstances.

For more information on The Nurturing Network, please visit the award winning website: www.nurturingnetwork.org.

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