Fran Rodgers is widely recognized as a leader in addressing simultaneous labor force and business changes and was a founder of the work/life industry. Ms. Rodgers founded WFD (formerly Work/Family Directions) in 1983 where she remains the CEO. At WFD, Ms. Rodgers assisted blue chip, global corporations in igniting and sustaining employee commitment to business results. In 1994, she was a national winner of the Ernst and Young/Merrill Lynch Entrepreneur of the Year contest. In 1996, she was named one of the 25 most influential working mothers in the US by Working Mother magazine. She also presented to the President at the White House Conference On Corporate Citizenship in 1996.
Ms. Rodgers is a graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University, Tufts University and the MGH professional training program in Clinical Psychology. She is also a Fellow of the Foundation of the National Academy of Human Resources and a Trustee of its Foundation.
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