Ginny L. Kuebler Robert, the owner of GLK Management Consulting, has been an entrepreneur and small business writer, trainer and advisor for almost 20 years. She writes and publishes business books, develops business plans and provides one-on-one counseling to both start-up and existing business owners. She specializes in designing and delivering small business training programs for start-up businesses. Since 1988, she has provided entrepreneurial programs with one-on-one counseling to thousands of dislocated workers, women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, economically disadvantaged individuals, displaced homemakers and others interested in self-employment. She has delivered these training programs throughout New York State and Pennsylvania, with a successful start-up rate of 49% - well above the national average of 35%. The effectiveness of her programs is based on a practical, well-organized training approach in conjunction with individual counseling. Currently, she is the Director of the Entrepreneurial Assistance Program at Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York. She offers one-on-one counseling as well as a comprehensive 60-hour business training program. Her workbooks, Let’s Write Your Business Plan and Building Your Future in Self-Employment, are the textbooks in this highly effective program. In addition to her two entrepreneurial workbooks, Ginny is the author of Taking the Mystery Out of Global Trade (1991) and Broome County: A Strategic Move (1986). She is actively involved in economic development initiatives in the Southern Tier of New York State. In 2006, Ginny was recognized by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as the “Women in Business Champion” for the Syracuse, New York district Also, from 2000-2005, Ginny assisted entrepreneurs as a certified business advisor at the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Binghamton, New York. In 2004, she was recognized as one of the “Top 10 Business Advisors in New York State.” Ginny has 40 years of diverse small business management and training experience. She holds an MBA from Binghamton University and a bachelor’s degree in education from Bradley University. Her areas of expertise include entrepreneurship, business plans, marketing and finance. A native of Chicago, Ginny has lived in upstate New York since 1980. She enjoys traveling, the beach, entertaining and interior decorating.