From Oil and Gas Entrepreneur to Global Philanthropist ~ Looking Back, Sharing Stories, and Moving On
Global Friday Presents
Co-hosted with Inspiring Woment Among Us (IWAU)
Mary Tidlund, Author
ABSTRACT: Please join me to hear my story about starting life as a brown-skinned baby with the odds against me in the 1950s, to being the first black woman CEO in the energy industry. I also founded an international charitable foundation focused on development work with women and children. I share my story to encourage others to figure out what they’re capable of, and how to carve out a place in the world. I will cover three intertwined parts of my life, and talk about what we can accomplish while we’re still a “work in progress”. I will talk about growing up as a foster child, my eventual adoption, and my successful intercontinental search for my birth parents. I’ll touch upon my decade as the successful CEO of a multi-million dollar oil and gas service company, which ended with bankruptcy. I’ll share how I recovered from the devastating loss of my business and began again. I’ll also explain how I transferred my skills, founded an international charitable organization, and focused on “giving back” collaboratively.
Online via Zoom Webinar: https://unbc.zoom.us/j/65743032311?pwd=QytQekl3VUZKdzhyQlI0by9Dem05UT09
Passcode: 900284
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