Bailey, Maria T.

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BAILEY, Maria T.

PERSONAL:

Married Tim Bailey (an attorney); children: four. Hobbies and other interests: Running marathons, travel.

ADDRESSES:

Home and office—BSM Media, 2335 East Atlantic Blvd., Suite 300, Pompano Beach, FL 33062. E-mail—mail@bluesuitmom.com.

CAREER:

Bailey Innovative Marketing, past president; Broward Community College, past vice president of marketing and interim executive director of Broward Community College Foundation; AutoNation USA, vice president of loyalty marketing; BSM Media (marketing and media company), Pompano Beach, FL, founder, chief executive officer, and creator of Internet Web site BlueSuitMom.com, 2000—. Host of "Mom Talk Radio," broadcast by WFLT-Radio, and Mom Talk TV, broadcast in South Florida; guest on other media programs, including ABC World News Tonight. Formerly held management positions with Miami Herald and McDonald's Restaurants. South Florida Parenting Conference, founder, 1990; Nova Southeastern University, member of advisory board of Family Center; Broward County Library Foundation, chair of Night of Literary Feasts; past president of Hospice Hundred and Museum of Art Contemporaries.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Special mention, woman-owned company of the year, South Florida Business Journal, 2001; Woman of the Year-Technology Award, Women in Communications.

WRITINGS:

The Women's Home-based Business Book of Answers: Seventy-five Important Questions Answered by Top Women Business Leaders, Prima Publishing (Roseville, CA), 2001.

Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion-Dollar Market, Prima Publishing (Roseville, CA), 2002.

Contributor to periodicals, including Child, South Florida Parenting, Family Times, and American Baby.