Carly Fiorina Announces Dr. Terry Neese as National Finance Chairman

Carly Fiorina Announces Dr. Terry Neese as National Finance Chairman

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Today, Dr. Terry Neese announced her support for Carly Fiorina as she runs for president. Neese will lead Carly For President’s fundraising efforts and serve as the campaign’s National Finance Chairman

“Carly’s effective leadership in business and around the world is exactly what we need in the White House,” Neese said. “I’m proud to be a part of her team and I look forward to building support for a determined and qualified leader who will challenge the status quo in Washington.”

“I’m thrilled to have Terry leading our fundraising efforts," Fiorina said. “Not only is she a savvy businesswoman and a successful entrepreneur, but she is also a dedicated leader for the economic empowerment of women worldwide. I’m grateful for Terry’s knowledge and vision as we continue to build support for our campaign.”

About Dr. Terry Neese:

Serial entrepreneur Dr. Terry Neese, is a lifelong Oklahoman and has spent over thirty years finding careers for men and women. She is the founder of Terry Neese Personnel Services (TNPS), National Grassroots Network, Women Impacting Public Policy and the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW).

A member of the U.S. Afghan Women’s Council, past national president of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Neese is known as a small business expert.

She made history in 1990 when she became the first woman nominated by a major political party for the seat of Lt. Governor of Oklahoma. Neese was named an Outstanding Business Leader by the Northwood University Board of Trustees in 2006, and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the university in 2008. In 2013 she received the Enterprising Women Legacy Award, the National Women Business Owners Corporation Leadership Award, and the Journal Record’s “Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEO.”

Neese has been appointed to numerous councils and positions with nominations by prominent leaders, such as Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, including:

• Board of Director to the Euro-American Women’s Council
• U.S.-Afghanistan Women’s Council, through which she traveled to Afghanistan in 2007
• National Advisory Council on Indian Education
• Les Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises Mondiales (FCEM) Regional Commissioner for the Americas
• National Women’s Business Council (a bipartisan federal government council created to serve as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President and Congress)
• Advisory Council for the United States Committee for United Nations Development Fund for Women